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48: 745: 643:, where Ephrem took over the directorship of its school. Then, its importance grew still further. There were innumerable monasteries at Edessa housing many monks. Ephrem occupied a cell there, practicing the ascetic life, interpreting Holy Scripture, composing poetry and hymns and teaching in the school, as well as instructing young girls in church music. 844: 765: 950: 202: 590: 192: 925:"Nestorius of Constantinople: Condemnation, Suppression, Veneration: With special reference to the role of his name in East-Syriac Christianity" 546: 47: 17: 658:. With that seminal decision, Qiiore embarked upon a course of study that was to mix the deductive principles of Aristotle with Theodore's 845:"Christianity in Edessa and the Syriac-Speaking World: Mani, Bar Daysan, and Ephraem, the Struggle for Allegiance on the Aramean Frontier" 769: 583: 980: 970: 864: 975: 235: 576: 212: 80: 84: 230: 100: 533: 423: 159: 990: 912:"Edessa Grew Dim and Nisibis Shone Forth: The School of Nisibis at the Transition of the Sixth-Seventh Century" 538: 197: 31: 262: 955: 478: 207: 176: 171: 166: 117: 985: 121: 373: 243: 107: 88: 318: 181: 646:
The first recorded director of the School of Edessa was Qiiore, in the early 5th century. He had
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and scholarly qualifications and an administrative ability. Occupying the Chair of Exegesis (
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Literacy, Education and Manuscript Transmission in Byzantium and Beyond
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Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450–680 A.D.
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The following people are associated with the School of Edessa:
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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia
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Educational institutions established in the 4th century
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Catechetical School of Edessa
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Eastern Christianity
Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic detail)
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Coptic
Orthodox Tewahedo
Ethiopian
Eritrean
Armenian
Cilicia
Syriac
Indian
Eastern Catholicism
Church of the East
Assyrian
Ancient
Old Believers
Spiritual Russian
Eastern Protestantism
Armenian Evangelical Church
Assyrian Evangelical Church
Assyrian Pentecostal Church
Believers Eastern Church of India
Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
Evangelical Church of Romania
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia
Evangelical Orthodox Church
Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church

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