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History of the COE - judge - 03-13-2004

How far back does the COE trace itself. All the way back to our Lord?
Is there a continuous line of men going all the ay back that we know of?


- Paul Younan - 03-13-2004

Shlama Akhi Michael,

The Church of the East uses many sources in its compilation of the history of its bishops the Patriarchs of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. One of the more trusted sources which mentions the men who occupied this office is found listed in the work called The Bee (see http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bb/bbpref.htmand http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bb/bb51.htm) written by a certain bishop Shel??m??n or Solomon, of the city of Basra. (E. A. W. Budge, Oxford, 1886) Shel??m??n became metropolitan bishop of Basra about 1222 A.D. (during the time of Genghis Khan and the Mongolian invasions), in which year he was present at the consecration of the Patriarch Sabr-??sh??` (Hope-in-Jesus)

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Ruins of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Babylon
Residence of the Church of the East Patriarchate</center>

Other important sources include several Patriarchal Chronicles (Cf. Burkitt, Eastern Christianity, pp. 28, Westphal, Untersuchungen ??ber die Quellen und die Glaubw??rdigkeit der Patriarchenchroniken des Mari ibn Sulaiman, `Amr ibn Matai und Saliba ibn Johannan or, in English, "Investigations on the sources and the reliability of the Patriarchal Chronicles of Mari ibn Sulaiman (12th c., although the work uses older lost historical sources from the 7th and 8th centuries), Amr ibn Matai (14th century) and Saliba ibn Johannan (14th century)" (Strassburg inaugural dissertation, Kirchhain, 1901), pp. 38, 40, 44, 46-48.)

The first apostle to our region in Mesopotamia was Mar Shimun Keepa (Simon Peter), who wrote his Epistle from Babylon. (Keepa 5:13) He is then followed by this list according to the sources:

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From Jerusalem to Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Babylon
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33 Thoma (Thomas)
33 Bar Tulmay (Bartholomew)
33 - 45 Addai (Thaddeaus)
45 - 81 Agai, disciple of Addai (from the Seventy Disciples)
48 - 81 Mari, disciple of Addai (from the Seventy Disciples)
90 - 107 Abris, relative of the Virgin Mary
130 - 152 Abraham of Kashkar
172 - 190 Yacob I, relative of Yosip the Carpenter
191 - 203 Ebid M'shikha
205 - 220 Akhu d'Awu
224 - 244 Shakhlupa of Kashkar
247 - 326 Papa Bar Gaggai
328 - 341 Shimun Bar Sabbai
345 - 347 Shahdost
350 - 358 Bar Bashmin
383 - 393 Tumarsa
393 - 399 Qaiyuma
399 - 411 Eskhaq
411 - 415 Akhkhi
415 - 420 Yoalaha I
420 Maana
421 Qarabukht
421 - 456 Dadishu
457 - 484 Bawai or Babu
484 - 496 Aqaq
496 - 502 Bawai
505 - 523 Sheela
524 - 535 Narsai
524 - 538 Elisha (dual Patriarchate)
539 - 540 Polos
552 - 567 Yosip
570 - 581 Khazqiyil
581 - 595 Eshuyow I, Arzunaya
596 - 604 Soreshu I Garmaqaya
605 - 608 Greghor, Partaya
628 - 644 Eshuyow II (Gdalaya or Arab)
647 - 650 Mar Immeh
650 - 660 Eshuyow III, Kdayawaya
681 - 684 Gewargis I
684 - 692 Yokhannan I, Bar Marta
686 - 693 Khnaishu I (dual Patriarchate)
693 - 694 Yokhannan II, Garba
714 - 728 Sliwazkha
731 - 740 Pethyon
741 - 751 Awa
752 - 754 Surin
754 - 773 Yacob II
774 - 778 Khnanishu II (the monument in China was erected during his reign)
780 - 820 Timotheus I
820 - 824 Esho-barnon
825 - 832 Gewargis II
832 - 836 Soreshu II
837 - 850 Oraham II, Margaya
850 - 852 Teadasis (Theodoros)
860 - 872 Sargis, Suwaya
873 - 884 Annush d'beth Garmay
884 - 892 Yokhannan III, Bar Narsai
892 - 898 Yokhannan IV
900 - 905 Yokhannan V
906 - 937 Oraham III, Abraza
937 - 949 Ammanoel I
961 - 962 Esrail Karkhaya
963 - 986 Odishu Garmaqaya
967 - 1000 Mari Aturaya
1001 - 1012 Yokhannan VI
1013 - 1022 Yokhannan VII
1023 - 1027 Eshuyow IV
1028 - 1049 Elia I
1049 - 1057 Yokhannan VIII
1057 - 1072 Soreshu III (Bar Zanbur)
1072 - 1090 Odishu II (Bar Ars) Aturaya
1092 - 1109 Makkikha I (Bar Shlemon)
1111 - 1132 Elia II
1133 - 1135 Bar Soma (Of Suwa)
1135 - 1136 Bar Gabbara
1138 - 1147 Odishu III (nephew of Elia II)
1148 - 1175 Eshuyow V (from Beth Zodai, Baladaya)
1176 - 1190 Elia III (Abukhalim)
1191 - 1222 Yoalaha II (Bar Qaiyuma)
1222 - 1226 Soreshu IV
1226 - 1256 Soreshu V (from Baghdad)
1257 - 1265 Makkikha II
1265 - 1281 Dinkha I, Arbilaya (from Arbil)
1281 - 1318 Yoalaha III, Bar Turkaye (Turkish by race)
1318 - 1328 Timotheus II, Arbilaya
1329 - 1359 Dinkha II
1359 - 1368 Dinkha III
1369 - 1392 Shimun III
1403 - 1407 Shimun IV
1407 - 1420 Elia III
1420 - 1447 Shimun V
1448 - 1490 Shimun VI
1491 - 1504 Elia V
1505 - 1538 Shimun VII
1538 - 1551 Eshuyow Shimun VIII
1552 - 1558 Dinkha Shimun IX (Bar Mama)
1558 - 1580 Yoalaha Shimun X
1580 - 1600 Dinkha Shimun XI
1600 - 1653 Elia Shimun XI
1653 - 1690 Eshuyow Shimun XIII
1690 - 1692 Yoalaha Shimun XIV
1692 - 1700 Dinkha Shimun XV
1700 - 1740 Shlemon (Sulaiman) shimun XVI
1740 - 1741 Mikhail (Muukhattis) Shimun XVII
1740 - 1820 Yonan (Yuna) Shimun XVIII
1820 - 1860 Oraham Shimun XIX
1860 - 1903 Ruwil Shimun XX
1903 - 1918 Binyamin Shimun XXI
1918 - 1920 Polos Shimun XXII
1920 - 1975 Eshai Shimun XXIII
1975 - Present - Dinkha IV


- judge - 03-13-2004

Paul Younan Wrote:Shlama Akhi Michael,

Hi Paul, thanks for this Just what I was looking for.

p.s.do you have any thoughts on my latest question here.

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