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An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on the Christology of the Assyrian Church of the East

Doru Costache Romanian Orthodox Protopresbyter Associate Professor of Theology, Sydney College of Divinity This paper was given for the Nisibis Symposium 2024, held under the auspices of the Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), Diocese of Australia, New Zealand and Lebanon. Western Sydney University, Campbelltown NSW, 2 November 2024. Abstract: In this talk, I put aside the usual Eastern or Byzantine Orthodox clichés about Assyrian christology and I listen to what the Assyrian Church of the East says, especially in its official statement on doctrine. Accordingly, I consider the statement, highlighting the obvious agreement between its content and what my own Church tradition believes. The only exception is the Greek concept of “assumption,” borrowed by the Assyrian tradition from the fourth-century theologians of Antioch. Otherwise, there is nothing “Nestorian” with the statement under consideration. I then turn to the appellation of Saint Mary as “Mother of Christ” and “She who gave birth to God (incarnate),” showing what these mean for the two traditions. I also make a foray into the Romanian Orthodox devotional phrase “the Lord’s Mother,” which echoes Assyrian terminology. I continue by suggesting the usefulness of dissociating the traditional Assyrian christology from the dualistic or metaphysical Greek christology of Antioch’s theologians. This would make possible the assessment of Assyrian christology in its own terms. I end by reflecting upon Mar Aprem’s theology of mystery, in the light of which our christological speculations and phraseology appear as semantics gone mad. The text of the talk (including notes and references) can be accessed here: https://aiocs.net/an-eastern-orthodox... The official video of the event can be accessed here    • Nisibis Symposium 2024: Christology of the...   Doru's segment goes from 01:13:55 to 01:46:25