The Maronites : The Origins of an Antiochene Church (Cistercian Studies Series)

Paul, Naaman

Liturgical Press（2011/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
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Full Description

The Maronite Church is one of twenty-two Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope of Rome. Her patriarch is in Lebanon. Forty-three bishops and approximately five million faithful make up her presence throughout the world.

The story of Maron, a fifth-century hermit-priest, and the community gathered around him, later called the Maronites, tells another fascinating story of the monastic and missionary movements of the Church. Maron's story takes place in the context of Syrian monasticism, which was a combination of both solitary and communal life, and is a narrative of Christians of the Middle East as they navigated the rough seas of political divisions and ecclesiastical controversies from the fourth to the ninth centuries.

Abbot Paul Naaman, a Maronite scholar and former Superior General of the Order of Lebanese Maronite Monks, wisely places the study of the origins of the Maronite Church squarely in the midst of the history of the Church. His book, The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene Church, published during the sixteenth centenary of Maron's death, offers plausible insights into her formation and early development, grounding the Maronite Church in her Catholic, Antiochian, Syriac, and monastic roots.

Abbot Paul Naaman is a Maronite scholar and former Superior General of the Order of Lebanese Maronite Monks.

Contents

Contents
FOREWORD   xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   xiv
INTRODUCTION   xv
CHAPTER ONE: THE EVIDENCE OF ABŪ AL-FIDĀ AS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE MONASTERY OF MARON   1
     External Criticism   2
          The Text   2
          Source Criticism   2
          Critical Classification of the Sources   5
     Internal Criticism   7
          The Context   7
          The Text   7
     Criticism of Accuracy   9
          Syria, a Roman Province   14
          Syria under Islam   15
          General Conclusion   19
CHAPTER TWO: MARON AND MARCIAN: NORTH SYRIAN MONASTICISM IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES   20
     Northern Syria   22
          General Surroundings   22
          Population: Origin and Language   24
          The Great Communication Routes   26
     Cyr   28
          Cyr in History   28
          Cyr and Christianity   30
     Apamaea   31
          Apamaea in History   31
          Apamaea and Christianity   33
          Apamenia   35
Marcian and His Disciples: The Cenobitic Life in Apamaea in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries according to the Religious History   36
     The Religious History   36
     Saint Marcian the Anchorite   38
          Life   38
          Literary Works   40
     Disciples and the Monastic Movement of Apamaea   40
     Chalcedonian Orthodoxy   42
     Ascetic Doctrine: Marcian's Rule (1325D)   47
     Prudence   48
     Wisdom   49
Maron and His Disciples: The Eremitic Life in the Region of Cyr in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries   51
     The Anchorites of Cyr   51
     The Hypethrite Monks   53
          Saint Maron the Anchorite   53
     The Disciples of Maron   59
     Characteristic Traits of the Syrian Anchorites   60
     Love of Contemplation   61
     The Practice of Penance   62
     Total Submission to the Hierarchy   62
     Conclusion   63
CHAPTER THREE: THEODORET OF CYR AND THE PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AFTER THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (431-452)   65
     Theodoret of Cyr: Life, Monastic Formation, Activities   67
          Childhood   67
          Education   69
          The Monastery of Nikertai, 416(?)-423   70
          Bishop of Cyr, 423-466(?)   73
               Activities   73
          Frequentation of the Solitaries of Cyr   75
     Theodoret and the Christological Debate from 431 to 451   78
          The Council of Ephesus   79
          The Act of Union   79
          From 438 to the Council of Chalcedon   83
          The Council of Chalcedon   90
          The Identity of Views between the Easterners and the Legates   91
          The Influence of Theodoret in the Elaboration of the Dogmatic Formula of Chalcedon   93
     The Monks and the Hierarchy during the Christological Crisis   96
          The Monks and the Hierarchy   96
          Letters to the Monks of the East   100
          The Circumstances of Writing the Religious History   102
     Theodoret and the Monastic Legislation of Chalcedon   105
          Monasticism and the Church according to Theodoret   105
          The Legislation of Chalcedon   108
          The Historical Context   109
          The Meaning   110
          The Import   111
GENERAL CONCLUSION   116
     I. First Section: The History of Monasticism in Northern Syria in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries   118
     II. Second Section: The Doctrinal Divergences and the Political Competition between Syria and Egypt   122
     III. Third Section: The Role of the Monks in the Doctrinal Struggles between Antioch and Alexandria   125
     IV. Fourth Section: The Circumstances of the Founding of the Monastery of Saint Maron   128
APPENDIX   135
     Document I: Petition of the Monks of Syria Secunda to Pope Hormisdas (517)   135
     Document II: Hormisdas, to the Priests, Deacons and Archdeacons of Syria Secunda (518)   138
     Document III: Copy of the Petition Presented by the Community of the Monks of the Region (of Apamaea)   143
Document IV: Supplica dei Chierici e dei Monaci d'Antiochia al Patriarca Giovanni e al Sinodo Radunato Contro Severo   148
Document V: The Maronites, Inquisitors of the Catholic Faith in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries 152
     Introduction   152
     I. Letter of the Maronites   157
     II. Response of the Jacobites   159
     Document VI: The Kings of Roum   173
SOURCES 175
     I. Manuscripts   175
     II. Printed Books   175
BIBLIOGRAPHY   178
GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INDEX   188
INDEX OF NAMES AND PERSONS   192
MAPS   196