Assyrian Organizations - Assyrian Church of the East, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Assyrian Democratic Movement, Assyrian General Conference (Paperback)

Chapters: Assyrian Church of the East, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Assyrian Democratic Movement, Assyrian General Conference, Assyrian Medical Society, Assyrian Academic Society, Assyrian Aid Society, Iraq Sustainable Democracy Project, Assyria Council of Europe, Assyrian Evangelical Church, Bahra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, is an ancient Christian church currently centered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, but with most members in Mesopotamia. One of the modern churches that claim continuity with the historical Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon the Church of the East the Assyrian Church emerged as a distinct body following a schism in the Church of the East in 1552. Unlike most other churches that trace their origins to antiquity, the modern Assyrian Church of the East is not in communion with any other churches, either Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Catholic. The church is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, currently Mar Dinkha IV. Since 1940 the Catholicos-Patriarch's residence has been in Chicago, but had historically been located in various cities in Iraq. Below the Catholicos-Patriarch are a number of metropolitan bishops, diocesan bishops, priests, and other religious who serve dioceses and parishes in the Middle East, North America, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the world. Theologically, the church is associated with the doctrine of Nestorianism, leading to the church also being known as the "Nestorian Church," though church leadership has at times rejected the Nestorian label. The church employs the Syriac language in its liturgy, the East Syrian Rite, which include...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=26834