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.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Canonical Terms: What are we talking about?

In examining to what extent the Assyrian Church of the East shares common ground with the Orthodox Church, I’ve been using the collectio...

Monday, October 8, 2012

Who do you say that I am, Part II: Reception of Chalcedon

The mark of true faith for the Orthodox Churches is the faith of the “Seven Ecumenical Councils” that met between AD 325 and AD 787. For O...

Friday, September 28, 2012

Assyrian Church's Theology of Icons: Part 1

Assyrian Church of the East icon 6th Century Bibliotéque Nationale, Paris One of the most common misconceptions about the Assyrian Chu...

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...

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