Catholicos of the East
Catholicos of the East is the title that has been held by the ecclesiastical heads of the Church of the East, the Grand Metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, since AD. 280.[1]
The term "Catholicos" is derived from the Greek word Katholikos (Καθολικός), meaning "Universal Bishop". The title Catholicos, is used in several Eastern Christian churches and implies a degree of sovereignty and autocephaly.
Catholicos of the East historically refers to:
- Patriarch of the Church of the East, primate (Catholicos-Patriarch) of the Church of the East. It may also refer to the ecclesiastical heads of the different branches of the Church of the East
Catholicos of the East is also refers to:
- Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, the title used by the primate of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, since 1912.
It may also refer to:
- Syriac Maphrian of the East,
- Catholicos of India, the title used by the head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Indian autonomous maphrianate of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
- Greek Catholicos of Irenoupolis (Bagdad or Romagyris),
- Patriarchs of the East, primates of several Eastern Christian Churches, titled as Catholicos
See also
References
- Walker 1985, p. 172: "this church had as its head a "catholicos" who came to be styled "Patriarch of the East" and had his seat originally at Seleucia-Ctesiphon (after 775 it was shifted to Baghdad)".
- Burleson & Rompay 2011, p. 481-491.
- Wilmshurst 2019, p. 799–805.
Sources
- Burleson, Samuel; Rompay, Lucas van (2011). "List of Patriarchs of the Main Syriac Churches in the Middle East". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. pp. 481–491.
- Walker, Williston (1985) [1918]. A History of the Christian Church. New York: Scribner.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Louvain: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789042908765.
- Wilmshurst, David (2019). "The Patriarchs of the Church of the East". The Syriac World. London: Routledge. pp. 799–805. ISBN 9781138899018.
- Wilmshurst, David (2011). The martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East. London: East & West Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781907318047.
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