Assyrian Church of the East

Lamsa was a member of the Assyrian Church of the East.

Further splits into the 20th century further affected the history of the Assyrian Church of the East.

It served as the seat of a Metropolitan of the Assyrian Church of the East.

The Marganitha (which translates as "Pearl") is the most concise teaching of the Assyrian Church of the East.

It appears that the city was the seat of an Assyrian Church of the East Christian bishopric as late as the 8th century AD.

Mar Aprem Mooken is the Assyrian Church of the East Metropolitan of India.

Mar Dinkha IV is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.

They are believers of the two main Christian churches in the region: the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.

This move will mean that both the Ancient Church of the East and the Assyrian Church of the East will follow the same calendar.

The current Seat of the Catholicos of Assyrian Church of the East is in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

In Iraq most Christians are Assyrians rather than Arabs, and follow the Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox and Chaldean Church.

Rassam, an ethnic Assyrian, was born in Mosul, then part of the Ottoman Empire, (now modern Iraq) into a Chaldean Catholic and Assyrian Church of the East family.

The Assyrian Church of the East is represented by the Assyrian Archbishop of Jerusalem, while the Chaldean Catholic members have been represented since 1903 by a non-resident apostolic vicar.

The head of the Church of St. Thomas Christians, sent by the Assyrian Church of the East Syrian/Chaldean church assumed the title The Metropolitan of All India.

The modern Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, both of which trace their descent to the old Church of the East, emerged as a result of this schism.

Like the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Assyrian Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy and some other churches, Orthodox bishops trace their lineage back to the apostles through the process of apostolic succession.

Patriarch - highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above Major Archbishop and Primate), and the Assyrian Church of the East are termed Patriarchs.

In the 16th century, the church went into schism, resulting in the formation of two churches with rival patriarchs: the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Church, which eventually entered into communion with Rome.

But not all churches affiliated with the Church of the East appear to have followed Nestorian Christology; indeed, the modern Assyrian Church of the East, which reveres Nestorius, does not follow all historically Nestorian doctrine.

In 1968, the followers of the newly established church elected a rival catholicos-patriarch Mar Thoma Darmo while Mar Shimun XXIII continued as the official head of the Assyrian Church of the East.

Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (also Simon XVIII Rouel or Rowil) was Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1860 to 1903 succeeding Shimun XVII Abraham.

In 2008, Mar Bawai Soro of the Assyrian Church of the East and 1,000 families were received into full communion with the Chaldean Catholic Church from the Assyrian Church of the East.

Members are Aramaic speaking, ethnic Assyrian Christians and are followers of the East Syriac Rite with the majority following the Assyrian Church of the East, and small minorities following the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Ancient Church of the East denominations.

This applies to the validity and efficacy of the ordination of bishops and the other sacraments, not only of the Independent Catholic Churches, but also of all other Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church of the East.

About 60% of the 120 000 Assyrians in Sweden belong to the Syrian Orthodox Church and the others belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Syrian Catholic Church and the Ancient Church of the East.