East Meets East

East Meets East

East Meets East is a discussion and exploration of the history and theology of the Assyrian Church of the East as understood within the discourse and framework of Eastern Christianity. The aim of the blog is to explore the primary and ancient sources of the Assyrian Church of the East to better comprehend the theology of the Church of the East.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

St Ephraim's Model of the Incarnation

Saint Ephraim the Syrian (Mar Aprim Raba) is universally venerated across Churches and represents a key bridge to understanding the Syriac...

Saturday, September 8, 2012

"Who do you say that I am?" (Part 1)

Our Lord asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?” (Mark 8.29) This question is a important one to answer for it requires us to put i...

Friday, August 17, 2012

Person and Face: Points of Union

Now that we know that a kyana is a universal nature and a qnuma is the instance of a nature, we can move on to two new terms—person and face...

Kyana and Qnuma: The Nature of Natures

My hope with this entry is to provide a simple guide to the Syriac terms as they are understood by the Church of the East. This understandin...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

St Isaac of Nineveh

Saint Mar Isaac of Nineveh “the Syrian” represents one of the last explicit points of mutual recognition shared by the Eastern Orthodox Chur...

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Last Communion

In AD 628 Shiroye (Kavad II) took the Persian Throne but died soon after and his wife, Queen Boran succeeded him. Both were favorable to the...

Friday, July 20, 2012

What East Meets East is about

My purpose in creating this blog is to explore the history of Christianity that developed East of the ancient Roman world and which is cal...

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