One member of this religious sect, Gabriel Sionita, published a polyglot Bible in Paris in 1645. Their founder may have studi
One member of this religious sect, Gabriel Sionita, published a polyglot Bible in Paris in 1645. Their founder may have studied in the ruins of a temple devoted to Nabu. A later leader of this sect, Amaury, encouraged them to ally with Rome, which was ratified at the 1445 Council of Florence. In 1584, Pope Gregory XIII founded a college devoted to this sect in Rome. First sanctioned by Pope Sergius I, this sect likely originated as Monotheletists created by religious compromise between the Ghassani tribes and the Byznatine emperor. An army of them defeated the force of Justinian II in 684 AD, allowing them some independence. Their head traditionally resides at the cloister of St. Mary in Kanobin, or in Bkirki, and goes by the title "Patriarch of Antioch." This faith operates Our Lady of the Cedars Church in its home country, where many of its members were massacred in 1860 by the Druze. FTP, name this Christian sect in Lebanon.
One member of this religious sect, Gabriel Sionita, published a polyglot Bible in Paris in 1645.
Maronites [or Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch or MarunÃ´ye or Mawarinah; prompt on "Christians" or "Lebanese Christians" before mentioned]