Church of Antioche

The Church of Antioche or Église of Syria was one of the first Christian Churches and one of the components of the Pentarchie.

According to the tradition, it would have been founded in 38 by the apostles Pierre and Paul. One of its most famous bishops is Ignace d' Antioche.

She knew several Schisme S during her history and today several Churches, pertaining to different communions, are the heiresses:

• the orthodoxe syriaque Church (Eastern orthodoxe communion)

• the orthodoxe Church of Antioche (orthodoxe communion)
• the syriaque Catholic church (catholic Eastern)
• the Church Maronite (catholic Eastern)
• the Church Greek-catholic melkite (catholic Eastern)

History

Origins

Canonical territory

Expansion out of the Roman/Byzantine Empire

In Mésopotamie: Catholicossat d' Irenoupolis (Baghdad)

In Central Asia: Catholicossat de Romagyris (undoubtedly initially with Tachkent, then with the Khorassan)

See too

Internal bonds

• Patriarch of theological Antioche

• School of Antioche

External bonds

• Istanbulguide - Patriarchate of Antioche

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