Jacob Baradaeus
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Jacob Baradaeus was a significant figure in the 5th and 6th centuries, instrumental in organizing a large body of Christians in Syria who rejected the Council of Chalcedon. These Christians, who held a doctrine known as miaphysitism, believed in one incarnate nature of the Word of God. Because of Jacob Baradaeus's crucial role, this community became historically known as Jacobites, though they trace their origins to the Apostle Peter. He served as the bishop of Edessa and is commemorated as a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Syriac Orthodox Church, which he helped establish, continues to exist today.12
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…group named after its founder, Jacob Baradaeus. The Jacobites were members of a west Syrian church that refused to accept the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon concerning the nature of Christ.
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Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578), in organizing their community, they have historically been called Jacobites, though they reject this name because they trace their founding to the Apostle Peter rather than to Baradaeus. The Syrian Christians were also called Syriani, because their doctrine…
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