Isaac of Amida

ISACCO di AMIDA. — A Syriac writer of the 4th or 5th century, of whom it is not known whether he was the same as Isacco of Antioch or a different person. Others, however, would not admit that there were two I. in that period: the one from Amida, an orthodox disciple of St. Ephrem, and Isacco of Antioch, a Monophysite somewhat later than him. According to this hypothesis, the non-Monophysite writings attributed to “Mār Isacco the Doctor” would be those of our I.