Letter to Maris the Persian

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Letter to Maris the Persian is a controversial 5th-century theological letter attributed to Ibas of Edessa that played a key role in the Christological disputes surrounding the Council of Chalcedon and the later Three Chapters controversy.

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Surface form Occurrences
the letter of Ibas of Edessa to Maris 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century document
Christian text
theological letter
associatedWithControversy Nestorian controversy NERFINISHED
Three Chapters controversy NERFINISHED
associatedWithCouncil Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Maris the Persian NERFINISHED
associatedWithSee Edessa NERFINISHED
attributedTo Ibas of Edessa NERFINISHED
citedBy opponents of the Three Chapters
proponents of the Three Chapters
condemnedBy Second Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED
condemnedInYear 553
consideredEvidenceFor alleged Nestorian sympathies of Ibas
consideredIn Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
discussesEvent Council of Ephesus (431) NERFINISHED
discussesPerson Cyril of Alexandria NERFINISHED
John of Antioch NERFINISHED
Nestorius NERFINISHED
evaluatedByCouncil Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
geographicalContext Edessa NERFINISHED
hasApproximateDate 5th century
hasDoctrinalPosition critical of Cyril of Alexandria
supportive of the Antiochene Christological tradition
hasGenre epistolary
hasKeyTheme defense of Ibas’s Christological stance
evaluation of Cyril of Alexandria’s theology
nature and person of Christ
hasLanguage Greek
Syriac
hasOriginalAudience Maris, a Persian bishop or cleric NERFINISHED
hasReligion Christianity
hasTheologicalFocus Christology
historicalContext post-Ephesus Christological disputes
pre-Chalcedonian theological conflicts
includedInDossier Three Chapters GENERATED
influenced later evaluations of Ibas’s orthodoxy
judgedOrthodoxBy Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
linkedTo writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia
writings of Theodoret of Cyrrhus
preservedIn Greek translation
questionedAttribute authorship by Ibas of Edessa
readAtCouncil Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
status controversial
transmittedIn Acts of the Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
usedAsEvidenceIn debates over the Three Chapters
investigation of Ibas at Chalcedon

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Ibas of Edessa notableWork Letter to Maris the Persian
edict of Justinian I against the Three Chapters condemns Letter to Maris the Persian
subject surface form: Edict of Justinian I against the Three Chapters
this entity surface form: the letter of Ibas of Edessa to Maris