Assyrian Church of the East
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Assyrian Church of the East
(Christianity) A church descended from the historical Church of the East, currently seated in the United States.
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Indeed, the modern Assyrian Church of the East, which reveres Nestorius, does not fully subscribe to Nestorian doctrine, though it does not employ the title Theotokos.
Currently the bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East continue to maintain its apostolic succession.
Conciliation In 1994, the Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East marked the resolution of a dispute between those two churches that had existed since the Council of Ephesus.
Further splits into the 20th century further affected the history of the Assyrian Church of the East.
The Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorians) and the Old Catholic churches are also distinct Christian bodies of historic importance, but much smaller in adherents and geographic scope.
His Grace Mar Awa RoyelBishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, Diocese of California, spoke earlier today with the Assyrian Bishop in the area where the attacks have taken place.