The Maronites in History : : Second Edition / / Matti Moosa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Moosa, Matti,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (404 p.)

In making known the history of his people, Moosa brings the past to light for students and scholars of Christianity and the Middle East. This book offers hope for a community struggling to come to meaningful terms with itself in the midst of cultural upheaval.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Origin of the Term Maronite -- 2. The Identity of the Ascetic Marun -- 3. The Monastery of Marun -- 4. Earliest Sources on the Monastery of Marun -- 5. Maronite Claims and Sixth-Century Epistolary Documents -- 6. The Council of Constantinople of A.D. 536 and the Letter of the Monks of Syria Secunda to Pope Hormisda -- 7. The Maronites and Saint Simon the Stylite -- 8. Peter the Fuller and the Trisagion Dispute -- 9. Signatories to the Letter of the Monks to Pope Hormisda and Related Documents from the Council -- 10. The Maronites and the Letters of the Monks from Syria Secunda -- 11. Were the Monks of the Monastery of Marun Chalcedonians? -- 12. Heraclius and the Monothelitic Formula of Faith -- 13. The Malkites, the Maronites, and the Sixth Council -- 14. Establishment of the Maronites as a Separate Church -- 15. Who is John Marun? -- 16. John Marun: Was He a Patriarch of Antioch? -- 17. John Marun's Writings -- 18. Was John Marun a Canonized Saint? -- 19. The Relation of the Maronites to the Mardaites and the Jarajima -- 20. The Maronites and Monothelitism -- 21. The Relation of the Maronites to the Church of Rome -- 22. The Mission of Fra Gryphon and Other Franciscans to the Maronites -- 23. The Mission of Giovanni Battista Eliano to the Maronites -- 24. The Mission of Jerome Dandini to the Maronites -- 25. The Latinization of the Maronite Church -- 26. The Maronites in Modern Times -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index