The Church of Antioch (Arabic: ????? ??????? ?) Is one of five of the major churches that formed the Christian Church before the Eastern-Western Scheme.
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History
The Church traces its origins to the Christian community founded in Antioch by people from periods known by various names, including "Followers of the Way." Recognized by the Apostles in Jerusalem, one of its main members was Barnabas, who was sent to organize a new church (see Acts 11: 19-25) (see Early Christian Center). It later became the Patriarchate of Antioch as one of the five major patriarchates - the Pentarchy - of the Roman state church.
According to Acts 11: 19-26, the Christian community in Antioch began when Christians scattered from Jerusalem from persecution fled to Antioch. They joined Christians from Cyprus and Cyrene who migrated to Antioch. In Antioch the followers of Jesus were first referred to as Christians.
However, one of the main points of interest concerns the advancement of Christianity among non-Jews. Tradition holds that the first Gentile church was established in Antioch, Acts. 11: 20-21, where it is recorded that the disciples of Jesus Christ were first called Christian Acts 11: 19-26. It was from Antioch. Paul begins his missionary journey.
In the spread of the original Church in Jerusalem, during the troubles that occurred in Stephen's bold actions, certain Cypriots and Cyrenaic Jews, who grew up in the Greek community and who had different perspectives about the world than the Palestinian Jews, came to Antioch. There they made "innovations" to deal not only the Jews but also the Greeks (see Godfearers for historical background). We can understand here (1) that the words used imply that people who are successful preachers and Greeks confess to the Christian church, and (2) that such innovation takes place at a slow rate, and begins in the synagogue, where the Greek prosellians heard the word..
Antioch is closely related to the early history of the gospel. That is the main center point from which missionaries to the Gentiles are sent (probably following the Great Commission). It was the birthplace of the famous Christian father Chrysostom, who died in 407 AD
Nicolas, the deacon of the Seven Deacons was a religious follower of Antioch. Christians who were dissolved by the martyrdom of Stephen preached in Antioch to the idolatrous Greeks, not "Greek" or Greek-speaking Jews, according to the Alexandrine texts Acts 11: 20-26, where a church was formed in under the leadership of Barnabas and Paul. From Antioch, their charity was sent by the hands of Barnabas and Saul to the brothers in Jerusalem who were suffering from hunger.
Paul began his ministry systematically here. In Antioch, Judaizers from Jerusalem interfere with the church of Acts. 15: 1. Here Paul admonishes Peter for being simulated (Gal. 2: 11-12, Incident at Antioch). From Antioch, Paul begins his first missionary journey, Acts 13: 1-3, and returns to Acts 14:26. He began, after the decision of Jerusalem, addressed to Gentile converts in Antioch, and ended, his second missionary journey there Acts 15: 36,18: 22-23. His third journey also begins there. Ignatius later became a bishop there for forty years, until his martyrdom A. D. 107.
The previous patriarchal chair was Antioch, in what is now Turkey. However, in the 15th century, he was transferred to Syria in response to the Ottoman invasion.
Some ancient Greek "synagogous" rites and hymns have survived partly to the present, especially in different church services from the Greek Melkite and Orthodox communities in Hatay Province in southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. Members of these communities still call themselves RÃÆ' »Â» m that literally means "Eastern Rome" or Byzantine in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. The term "Rum" is used in preference to "Ionani" meaning Greek or "Ionian"
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Successive branches
Catholic
- Syriac Maronite Church
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Syrian Catholic Church
In communion with the Catholic Church and thus recognize the claims of each other. The Catholic Church also pointed to the Latin titular Patriarch of Jerusalem for centuries until leaving the claim in 1964.
Eastern Orthodox
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch and All East
Oriental Orthodox
- Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs from Antioch and the Whole East
References
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