Synodality in the Church of the East

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Herman G. B.TeuleSynodality in the Church of the Easthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/TKPAL4T3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/TKPAL4T3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/TKPAL4T3Erica C. D.HunterŠalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic StudiesPiscataway, New JerseyGorgias Press2023385-395Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65When in October 2021 Pope Francis initiated a process of “synodal consultation”, involving all Roman Catholic faithful, an initiative unheard of in the Latin tradition, the Chaldean Patriarch Rufa’il Louis Sako immediately reacted by saying that the Latin Church should allow herself to be inspired by the experience of the Oriental Churches. This seems a good reason to investigate more closely the synodal practice of his own community, the Chaldean Church. In order to understand the Chaldeans, it is of course necessary to first investigate the idea of synodality in the Church of the East, the Mother Church of the Chaldeans. Synodality is not a clearly defined concept; on the one hand, it suggests an involvement of the entire community in the decision-making process, on the other it is related to the position of the Bishops vis-à-vis the Patriarch or the Roman Pontiff. Both aspects will be discussed in this article. Teule, Herman G. B. “Synodality in the Church of the East.” In Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, edited by Erica C. D. Hunter, 385–95. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023. Herman G. B. Teule, Synodality in the Church of the East, in Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, ed. Erica C. D. Hunter, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023), 385–95.