Narsais Homilie “Über die Väter, die Lehrer Diodor von Tarsos, Theodor von Mopsuestia und Nestorios”

Narsais Homilie “Über die Väter, die Lehrer Diodor von Tarsos, Theodor von Mopsuestia und Nestorios”Sacris ErudiriSyriaca.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/WNBYPSG3/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NestorKavvadasNarsais Homilie “Über die Väter, die Lehrer Diodor von Tarsos, Theodor von Mopsuestia und Nestorios”http://syriaca.org/cbss/WNBYPSG3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WNBYPSG3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WNBYPSG3Sacris Erudiri512012215-232Narsai’s homily “About the Fathers, the Teachers Diodore of Tarsos, Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorios”, is a document of primary importance for reconstructing the process that finally led to the separation of the East Syriac Church from both its Miaphysite neighbours and the Chalcedonian Byzantine Orthodoxy. In this homily an “official speaker” of the East Syriac Dyophysites, such as Narsai, for the first time overtly declares Nestorios to be a theological ancestor of the tradition he stands for and rejects Chalcedon, thus taking an unequivocal stand on two issues that were open for discussion up to then. The question this article poses is: What were the intentions of the author when he took these ground-breaking steps? Which audience did he have in mind and what did he wish to achieve with this homily? The primary audience of the homily could have well been the students and teachers of the School of Nisibis. However, as the historical context of its composition and its wide dissemination may show, Narsai meant this homily to serve a bigger cause: To spread the views of the “Theodoran” party, to which he adhered (further leading personalities being Barsauma of Nisibis and the Catholicos Aqaq), as widely as possible among the Syriac communities on Sassanian territory and their bishops. These views entailed a resoluteness to defend “Theodoran” orthodoxy even at the cost of breaking with the “Western” Churches, and it was primarily this resoluteness that Narsai, presumably in cooperation with Barsauma, wanted to convey to the East Syriac clergy and its leadership when writing this homily. Kavvadas, Nestor. “Narsais Homilie ‘Über Die Väter, Die Lehrer Diodor von Tarsos, Theodor von Mopsuestia Und Nestorios.’” Sacris Erudiri 51 (2012): 215–32. Nestor Kavvadas, Narsais Homilie ‘Über Die Väter, Die Lehrer Diodor von Tarsos, Theodor von Mopsuestia Und Nestorios,’ Sacris Erudiri 51 (2012): 215–32.Diodore of TarsusIV-VII CENarsaiNestoriansNestoriusTheodore of MopsuestiaV CEhagiographyhymnography