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Book/Printed Material Canons of the Councils.

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Title

  • Canons of the Councils.

Summary

  • This volume contains the canons (decisions on ecclesiastical matters), translated from Greek into Arabic, of the seven great Church councils and extracts from six local or provincial councils. The seven great ecumenical councils were: Nicea (which took place in 325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chalcedon (451), Constantinople II (553), Constantinople III (680), and Nicea II (787). This collection of canons was compiled and arranged by Yūḥannā Ibn Zinda in 1690. The manuscript is dated 1851 by two copyists and is said to have belonged to the library of the American missionaries in Beirut.

Names

  • Fawwāz, Ilyās ibn Najm Scribe.
  • Ḥaddād, Ṭannūs ibn 'Īd Scribe.
  • Zindah, Yuḥannā ibn Compiler.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1851.

Headings

  • -  325 to 787
  • -  Canon law
  • -  Councils and synods

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 254 pages ; 37.5 x 25.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Near East School of Theology.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • NEST Library

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667213

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fawwāz, Ilyās Ibn Najm Scribe, Ṭannūs Ibn 'Īd Scribe Ḥaddād, and Yuḥannā Ibn Compiler Zindah. Canons of the Councils. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1851] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667213/.

APA citation style:

Fawwāz, I. I. N. S., Ḥaddād, Ṭ. I. '. S. & Zindah, Y. I. C. (1851) Canons of the Councils. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667213/.

MLA citation style:

Fawwāz, Ilyās Ibn Najm Scribe, Ṭannūs Ibn 'Īd Scribe Ḥaddād, and Yuḥannā Ibn Compiler Zindah. Canons of the Councils. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1851] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667213/>.