Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Dogmatic theology

Iwannis, Metropolitan of Dara (Syria)

IWANNIS, METROPOLITA DI DĀRĀ (SIRIA)

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IWANNIS, Metropolitan of Dara (Syria). - Syriac Monophysite writer, who lived in the 9th century. Most of his works are still unpublished.

Of his writings of a dogmatic character, concerning especially eschatology, 4 books are preserved on the resurrection of bodies (some chapters are edited by H. Gismondi, Linguae Syriacae grammatica, Beirut 1900, pp. 60-66) and on the priesthood (fragments edited by H. Gismondi, ibid., pp. 66-68; P. Zingerle, Monumenta Syriaca, I, Innsbruck 1869, pp. 105-10; J. Overbeck, S. Ephraemi... opera selecta, Oxford 1865, pp. 409-13).

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, p. 277.

Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 542.

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Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Iwannis, metropolita di dārā (siria).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 542. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/iwannis-metropolita-di-dara-siria.

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Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Iwannis, metropolita di dārā (siria).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 542. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/iwannis-metropolita-di-dara-siria.

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  title     = {Iwannis, metropolita di dārā (siria)},
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  pages     = {542},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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