An Introduction to the History of the Assyrian Church

In this book, the Rev. William Ainger Wigram, head of the Mission of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Assyrian Church, gives an introduction to the history of the ancient church, covering its Christology.

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• Preface
• The Sassanid Empire
• The Church under Arsacid Kings
• The Episcopate of Papa
• The Great Persecution of Sapor II
• Reorganization of the Church
• Council of Mar Isaac
• The Councils of Yahb - Alaha and Dad-Ishu
• Patriarchate of Dad-Ishu - Persecution of Yezdegerd II
• Bar-Soma and Acacius
• Disorder and Reform - Patriarchates of Babai, Silas, Mar Aba
• Patriarchate of Joseph, Ezekiel, Ishu-Yahb, Sabr-Ishu
• The State of the Church in the Sixth Century
• The Vacancy in the Patriarchate - Struggle with Monophysitism, 608-628
• Official Christology of the Assyrian Church
• Last Efforts at Reconciliation - Ishu-Yahb and Sahdona
• Synchronistic Table