This fifth council at the Persian city of Seleucia was completed to end the internal split in the church by its two previous Catholicos. Additional, Mar Aba and his collection of bishops are interested in ending the anarchy that was associated with the previous decade of ecclesiastical anarchy caused by the Persian schism. Under the direction of the Persian Shah Khosraw, the council declared the total authority of the Catholicos over all domains within the Persian state and beyond its political frontiers. Curiously, there is no mentioned to any Christological concerns which were a major feature of most councils of the Roman State.
This sixth ecumenical gathering of the Persian church at the Sassanian capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was related directly to the question of the authority of the Catholicos over other bishops in the Persian church, the acceptance of the Councils of Nicaea I, and Constantinople I, and the security of the bishops from illegitimate entanglements in the Persian state and pagan practices. While long forgotten by western scholars, it represents the first effort of the Church of the East to address Christological concerns raised during Roman councils in the empire.
This Fourth Council at the Persian city of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was directed at the consolidation of episcopal forces within the Persian church which remains outside of the authority of the state sanctioned Catholicos. By this point there is no concerned for foreign Roman influence, and the council does not address any concerns regarding Christological matters. However, the Church of the East continued to have difficulties with governance both within the Sassanid dominion and also outside of it.
This document, translated from Syriac, is a decree by Patriarch Mar Aba I addressing bishops and metropolitans regarding marriage impediments. It underscores the necessity of the fear of God as a guiding principle for life and marriage, condemning polygamy and various incestuous relationships. Mar Aba emphasizes the importance of church unity and moral integrity, warning against the consequences of unlawful unions. He provides a framework for repentance and correction for those who have sinned in these ways, reinforcing the idea that disobedience to these decrees will lead to exclusion from the church and divine condemnation.
This document, translated from Syriac, is a decree by Patriarch Mar Aba I addressing bishops and metropolitans regarding marriage impediments. It underscores the necessity of the fear of God as a guiding principle for life and marriage, condemning polygamy and various incestuous relationships. Mar Aba emphasizes the importance of church unity and moral integrity, warning against the consequences of unlawful unions. He provides a framework for repentance and correction for those who have sinned in these ways, reinforcing the idea that disobedience to these decrees will lead to exclusion from the church and divine condemnation.
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