Title(s):
- Letter to the catholicus Denha
- ܦܘܢܝ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܫܕܪ ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ ܕܢܣܛܘܪ̈ܝܢܘ ܠܘܬ ܡܪܝ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܗܘܼ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ(pūnāy ’egartā d-šadar mār denḥā qatūlīqā d-nesṭūrīnaw lwāt mār grīgūryūs mafryānā d-madnḥā d-hū bar ‘ebrāyā, Reply to the Letter that Denha, Catholicos of the Nestorians, sent to Gregory maphrian of the East that is Bar ‘Ebroyo)
Period covered:
Apostle Thomas (1st c.)-the catholicus Joseph (552–567)
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
- Letter
Remarks:
The letter, in heptasyllabic metre, addressed to the catholicus Denha (1265-1280/1281), includes a history of the see of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, ultimately derived from Bar Ebroyo’s Ecclesiastical history.
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