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The earliest Christian Church was in the Syriac and Aramaic-speaking East where also the name Christian was first applied.
Eastern Christianity on the Eve of Islam
George Khoury looks at some of the controversies that led to the split between East and West, including Arianism, Nestorianism, and Monophysitism.
Expanding the Christian Mind
An examination of the ecumenical councils of the Church, taking care to simplify the early Arian and Nestorian controversies.
Patriarchs of Antioch
Chronological list of the Patriarchs, usually displayed as a spiral.
Syriac Orthodox Church
The Church in Antioch is one of if not the oldest and it was in Antioch that the name Christian was first applied.

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