The recently published Historia episcopatus Alexandriae (end of the fourth, beginning of the fifth century), Severus of Antioch (first part of the sixth century), and Eutychius of Alexandria (tenth century) attest to an ancient custom concerning the election of the patriarch of Alexandria, according to which he would be appointed by a group of twelve priests who would choose him from within their number. According to HEpA this would have happened in the presence of the corpse of the predecessor. These same texts add that this system has been reformed and attribute this reform to various moments in the history of Alexandria, between the episcopates of Peter and Alexander. Jerome alone believes that the ancient custom was maintained only unti...
This article show's life of father Agathon and his work for the monophisitic Church of Alexandria in...
The overthrow of patriarch Dioscuros appertains to the breakthrough events, which influenced the doc...
International audienceArchbishop Dioscorus of Alexandria's deposition, during the Chacedonian synod ...
The contribution offers the edition of the Ethiopic and Latin versions of a partially inedited text ...
This article concerns a seminal moment in the history of eastern Christianity: the creation of the S...
The author analyzes the content of Historia Ecclesiastica (Church History) by Socrates Scholasticus ...
This article explores the explosion of evidence which occurs around the creation of the Severan epis...
Il contributo discute alcune storie ecclesiastiche prodotte in Egitto: la Historia episcopatus Alexa...
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378-444) marks a new period in the history of the Alexandrian exegesis. The ...
The chronology of the patriarchate of Kyros of Alexandria, a key actor in the transition of Egypt fr...
By using several contemporaneous compilations now embedded in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexa...
The election of the Vestal Virgins : a mirror of social evolution (3rd century BC to 1st century AD)...
The Melkite Christianity of the patriarchates of Alexandria, Jerusalem and Antioch, for centuries, c...
In the wake of the death of Septimius Severus on 4 February 211, Caracalla assumed the victory title...
The essay deals with a recently edited historiographical work (Alessandro Bausi and Alberto Camplani...
This article show's life of father Agathon and his work for the monophisitic Church of Alexandria in...
The overthrow of patriarch Dioscuros appertains to the breakthrough events, which influenced the doc...
International audienceArchbishop Dioscorus of Alexandria's deposition, during the Chacedonian synod ...
The contribution offers the edition of the Ethiopic and Latin versions of a partially inedited text ...
This article concerns a seminal moment in the history of eastern Christianity: the creation of the S...
The author analyzes the content of Historia Ecclesiastica (Church History) by Socrates Scholasticus ...
This article explores the explosion of evidence which occurs around the creation of the Severan epis...
Il contributo discute alcune storie ecclesiastiche prodotte in Egitto: la Historia episcopatus Alexa...
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378-444) marks a new period in the history of the Alexandrian exegesis. The ...
The chronology of the patriarchate of Kyros of Alexandria, a key actor in the transition of Egypt fr...
By using several contemporaneous compilations now embedded in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexa...
The election of the Vestal Virgins : a mirror of social evolution (3rd century BC to 1st century AD)...
The Melkite Christianity of the patriarchates of Alexandria, Jerusalem and Antioch, for centuries, c...
In the wake of the death of Septimius Severus on 4 February 211, Caracalla assumed the victory title...
The essay deals with a recently edited historiographical work (Alessandro Bausi and Alberto Camplani...
This article show's life of father Agathon and his work for the monophisitic Church of Alexandria in...
The overthrow of patriarch Dioscuros appertains to the breakthrough events, which influenced the doc...
International audienceArchbishop Dioscorus of Alexandria's deposition, during the Chacedonian synod ...