Separation and Conflict: Syriac Jacobites and Syriac Catholics in Mardin in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Separation and Conflict: Syriac Jacobites and Syriac Catholics in Mardin in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesByzantine and Modern Greek StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/NZIUE6L7/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.IbrahimÖzcoşarSeparation and Conflict: Syriac Jacobites and Syriac Catholics in Mardin in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centurieshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/NZIUE6L7https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/NZIUE6L7https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/NZIUE6L7Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies38:22014201-217From the sixteenth century onwards, the Syriac Jacobites living in the Ottoman empire were confronted by the propaganda of Catholic missionaries. As a result of this propaganda, a Syriac Catholic patriarchate was established in the late eighteenth century, and the Syriac community was divided into two. A merciless conflict ensued between Orthodox Syriacs, aligned with the main Church, and the Catholic Syriacs. While this conflict occurred in all places where Syriacs lived, it was most intense in the city of Mardin, the location of the patriarchal centre of Syriac Jacobites. The Jacobites struggled to prevent both the Catholicization of their community, and also the Catholic takeover of their churches, monasteries and cemeteries. At various times and for various reasons, the Ottoman empire and certain European states felt the need to intervene in this conflict. Continuing almost uninterrupted throughout the nineteenth century, this conflict adversely affected the Syriacs, and also precipitated their modernization. Özcoşar, Ibrahim. “Separation and Conflict: Syriac Jacobites and Syriac Catholics in Mardin in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 38:2 (2014): 201–17. Ibrahim Özcoşar, Separation and Conflict: Syriac Jacobites and Syriac Catholics in Mardin in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 38:2 (2014): 201–17.JacobitesMardinOttoman empireRoman CatholicVII-XVIII CEWestern missionXIX CEXIX-XXI CEXVIII CEpolemic