antiochian

Speech parts

1. antiochian - Noun

2. antiochian - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.

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After the death of Cyril, adherents of the Antiochian theology were appointed to bishoprics. Source: Internet

But Cyril refused to compromise and when he opened his attack (437) upon Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore, John sided with them and Theodoret assumed the defense of the Antiochian party (c. 439). Source: Internet

Conflict with Nestorius Another major conflict was between the Alexandrian and Antiochian schools of ecclesiastical reflection, piety, and discourse. Source: Internet

He is commemorated by the OCA on February 27, the anniversary of his death and by the Antiochian Orthodox Church on the first Saturday of November. Source: Internet

A number of influential schools of thought had arisen, particularly the Alexandrian and Antiochian philosophical approaches. Source: Internet

The term Western Orthodoxy is sometimes used to denominate what is technically a Vicariate within the Antiochian Orthodox and the Russian Orthodox Churches and thus a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church as that term is defined here. Source: Internet

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