Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

George of the Arabs

GIORGIO DEGLI ARABI

By Guglielmo de Vries

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Also known as: George, Bishop of the Arabs

GEORGE OF THE ARABS. - Bishop of the nomadic tribes on the margins of Syria and Mesopotamia, consecrated in 686, d. in 724. He was a Monophysite and a friend of James of Edessa (v.), whose Hexaemeron he completed.

His principal work is a version of Aristotle's Organon in Syriac. His letters are of interest, especially the one to the recluse 180'. G. was the first among the Syrian Monophysites to write a study on the Sacraments under the title Explanation of the Mysteries of the Church, in which he treats of Baptism (and Confirmation), the Eucharist and the consecration of the "myron."

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BIBL.: V. Ryssel, G. des Araberbischofs Gedichte und Briefe, Leipzig 1891; id., Poemi siriani di G. vescovo degli Arabi, Rome 1892; A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, p. 257 ff.; J. B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Paris 1934, pp. 22, 25, 88.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 446.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Giorgio degli Arabi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 446. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giorgio-degli-arabi.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Giorgio degli Arabi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 446. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giorgio-degli-arabi.

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  author    = {De, Vries Guglielmo},
  title     = {Giorgio degli Arabi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {446},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giorgio-degli-arabi}
}

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