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John of Tella, also known as John bar Qursos, was a 6th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, theologian, and ascetic.
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Landscape near Tella, modern-day Viranşehir
Justin I, a Latin himself, attempted to reconcile the West with the East of his empire by imposing Chalcedonian Christianity on the East, which had largely rejected the Council of Chalcedon
Monks at the Syriac Orthodox Monastery of Mor Mattai, Iraq, a region where John's politeia - the hallmark of his treatises - flourished
The doctrine of Miaphysitism holds that the natures of Christ, divine and human, are fully united into one composite nature without mixture, confusion, or separation - in contrast to Dyophysitism, which teaches that the two natures persist independently after the union
About this person
John of Tella, also known as John bar Qursos, was a 6th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, theologian, and ascetic. He is best remembered for preserving the Syriac Orthodox Church during times of severe persecution in the eastern Byzantine Empire, near the Byzantine-Persian frontier, which led to various struggles with Chalcedonian leaders throughout his life.
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deceased
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Lived 483 to 538 · aged 55
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