title: Suleiman of Gazza on the Ecumenical Councils
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metadata.value: Davydenkov, Oleg V. (archpriest)
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metadata.value: 2023-03-23T16:59:41Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03-23T16:59:41Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Davydenkov O. V. Suleiman of Gazza on the Ecumenical Councils. Issues of Theology, 2023, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 31–44. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.102 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39364
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metadata.value: The article discusses the ideas about the history and deeds of the Ecumenical Councils
  of the Melkite writer of the 10th–11th centuries Suleiman, Bishop of Gaza, the
  first Arabic-speaking Christian poet and author of a number of theological and
  philosophical treatises. Although Suleiman was not a historian, he nonetheless
  wrote two noteworthy texts on the history of the Ecumenical Councils. According
  to a number of formal criteria, these texts may well be attributed to “the synopsis
  of the Councils” genre, which was very popular in Byzantium and was widely used
  in Byzantine doctrinal and catechetical literature. At the same time, this genre was
  not in demand in Melkite literature, and the Bishop of Gaza was actually the only
  Arabic-speaking Melkite writer who created works in “the synopsis of the Councils”
  genre, which was widely used in Byzantine doctrinal and catechetical literature. The
  author notes that, unlike most Melkite writers of the 8th–13th centuries (St John of
  Damascus, Theodore Abu Qurrah, Agapius of Manbij, Macarius of Sinai), who had quite adequate ideas about the history of the Ecumenical Councils and their deeds,
  Suleiman in his treatises makes many mistakes, both purely historical and concerning
  the theological essence of some heresies condemned by the Councils. The article
  attempts to establish the reasons for the mistakes made by Suleiman of Gazza and
  find logical explanations for some of them. The author comes to the conclusion that
  Suleiman’s knowledge of Church history cannot be considered satisfactory. Because
  of this, it is absolutely impossible to call the Bishop of Gazza a writer who knew the
  history of the Church well, as some researchers do.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 5; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christian Arabs
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Melkites
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Synopsis of Councils
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arab Christian literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: doctrinal literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ecumenical Councils
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Suleiman of Gazza on the Ecumenical Councils
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metadata.value: Article
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