The Chorepiscopoi and Controversies over Orthopraxy in Sixth-Century MesopotamiaJournal of Ecclesiastical HistorySyriaca.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/WSJBRID6/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.PhilipWoodThe Chorepiscopoi and Controversies over Orthopraxy in Sixth-Century Mesopotamiahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WSJBRID6https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WSJBRID6https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WSJBRID6Journal of Ecclesiastical History63:32012446-457This article re-examines the development of the chorepiscopoi using hagiographic sources in Syriac. These suggest that more peripheral regions of the Roman world, such as Osrhoene, with an ‘open frontier’ with local pagans, retained these subepiscopal structures into the sixth century. Furthermore, these structures fostered the independent activity of the parts of the institutional Church in defiance of their bishops in times of disagreement over doctrine. This localised emphasis explains in turn the defence of ascetic customs that had once been categorised as heteropraxy.
Wood, Philip. “The Chorepiscopoi and Controversies over Orthopraxy in Sixth-Century Mesopotamia.” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63:3 (2012): 446–57.
Philip Wood, The Chorepiscopoi and Controversies over Orthopraxy in Sixth-Century Mesopotamia,Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63:3 (2012): 446–57.IV-VII CEJacobitesJohn of EphesusVI CEbishopsclergyfrontier