03-18-2004, 03:53 PM
Shlama Akhan Abudar,
Oh absolutely. There are many things we have in common with each other and other groups like the Syriac Orthodox and even the Melchites. However, my point was mainly on jurisdiction. The two groups of believers in the two different empires had different leadership....and no bishop had jurisdiction across any border.
This is why I said, it would have been impossible for Rabbula to have completely suppressed the Damkhalty. He had absolutely no authority in Persia. Not only didn't he have any authority whatsoever - they hated his guts, and they probably would have killed him if he even stepped foot into Assyria or Babylon.
This is why you still see the Damkhalty in existence in the CoE up until the 11th century - a full 600 years after Rabbula was dead.
Oh absolutely. There are many things we have in common with each other and other groups like the Syriac Orthodox and even the Melchites. However, my point was mainly on jurisdiction. The two groups of believers in the two different empires had different leadership....and no bishop had jurisdiction across any border.
This is why I said, it would have been impossible for Rabbula to have completely suppressed the Damkhalty. He had absolutely no authority in Persia. Not only didn't he have any authority whatsoever - they hated his guts, and they probably would have killed him if he even stepped foot into Assyria or Babylon.
This is why you still see the Damkhalty in existence in the CoE up until the 11th century - a full 600 years after Rabbula was dead.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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