Jacobite Church

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The Jacobite Church is a major Oriental Orthodox Christian tradition rooted in the ancient Syriac liturgical and theological heritage, historically centered in the Middle East and India.

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Jacobite Church canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Oriental Orthodox Church
associatedTitle Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
surface form: Catholicos of India

Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
branch Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in India
Syriac Orthodox Church
surface form: Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
christology Miaphysite
clergyOrder Bishops
Deacons
Priests
communionWith Syriac Orthodox Church
surface form: Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church

Syriac Orthodox Church
doctrine Trinitarian
governance Episcopal polity
historicalCenter Antioch
Malankara
languageOfWorship Arabic (in the Middle East)
Malayalam (in India)
Syriac
liturgicalLanguage Syriac
monasticTradition Syriac monasticism
opposes Dyophysitism as defined at Chalcedon
Nestorianism
patriarchalSee Patriarchate of Antioch
surface form: Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
recognizesCouncil Council of Ephesus
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea
region India
Middle East
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity
sacrament Anointing of the Sick
Baptism
Chrismation
Confession
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

Holy Orders
Marriage
scripture Bible
scriptureLanguageTradition Peshitta
selfIdentification Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church (in Oriental Orthodox sense)
theologicalHeritage Syriac Christian theology
usesCalendar Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (for some feasts)

Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar (in some jurisdictions)
usesLiturgy West Syriac liturgical tradition
surface form: West Syriac Rite
veneration Saints
Virgin Mary

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Syriac Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Jacobite Church