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The Nestorian Church of Persia, Church of the East (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā) or the East Syriac Church, [13] also called the Church of Ctesiphon, [14] the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church [12] [15] [16] or the Nestorian Church, [note 2] is one of three major branches of Eastern ...
The Assyrian Church of the East [a] (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East [5] [6] and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, [5] [7] [b] is an Eastern Christian church that follows the traditional Christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East. [9]
It branched from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964, under the leadership of Mar Toma Darmo (d. 1969). It is one of three Assyrian Churches that claim continuity with the historical Church of the East (the ancient Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon), the others being the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church ...
[15] [14] The Catholic Church has referred to these churches as "the Ancient Churches of the East". [16] Today, Oriental Orthodox Churches are in full communion with each other, but not with the Eastern Orthodox Church or any other churches. Like Catholics or Eastern Orthodox, the Oriental Orthodox Churches includes several self-governing churches.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 March 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
Kommende Emmerstedt near Helmstedt [40] Kommende Halberstadt [41] Kommende Hönningen [41] Kommende Hof Iben near Fürfeld [39] Kommende Kirchheim an der Weinstraße [42] Kommende Lietzen [43] Kommende Magdeburg (1262–) [44] Kommende Mainz [44] Kommende Moritzbrunn (1251–1315) [36] Kommende Mücheln near Wettin, Saalekreis [44] Kommende ...
The largest six churches based on membership are, in order, the Syro-Malabar Church (East Syriac Rite), the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC; Byzantine Rite), the Maronite Church (West Syriac Rite), the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite), the Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syriac Rite), and the Armenian Catholic Church ...
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, [ 63 ] and which Saint Peter initiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others.