The Chaldean Church: A Complete History from the Apostle Thomas to the Modern Diaspora - Couverture souple

Of God, A Servant

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ISBN 13 : 9798184350530

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

THE CHALDEAN CHURCH: A Complete History from the Apostle Thomas to the Modern Diaspora

For sixteen centuries, a prayer has been spoken in the same language in the land between the rivers—an unbroken chain of worship stretching from the apostolic age to today. This is the story of the Chaldean Catholic Church, one of Christianity's most ancient and least-known traditions.

Beginning with the apostle Thomas on the eastern road and the missionary work of Addai and Mari, this history traces a church that organized itself in the Persian Empire, produced some of Christianity's greatest mystics, sent missionaries to China, and survived every catastrophe that empires could devise. It is a story of triumph and devastation, of a people scattered across the globe yet still praying the liturgy of Addai and Mari, still remembering the apostles, still refusing to vanish.

From the Christological controversies of the early councils to the tangled sixteenth-century divisions that created the Chaldean communion with Rome; from the golden age of Baghdad to the catastrophe of the Seyfo in 1915; from the Iraqi century to the modern diaspora spreading from Detroit to Sydney—this book tells the full arc of a church that has outlasted empires.

For readers new to the eastern Christian tradition and for those seeking to go deeper into their own heritage, this is a history written with scholarly rigor but accessible prose. It explores not only the events that shaped the church but the faith itself: the Holy Qurbana, the sacred year, the saints and martyrs, and the patient dialogue between the Chaldean Church and its sister communion, the Assyrian Church of the East.

The Chaldean Church stands today at a crossroads between a beleaguered homeland and a thriving worldwide diaspora. This book tells how it got there, and why its survival matters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798184350530
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124
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