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Melchites <ref name="term_50443" /> | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20155" /> == | ||
<p> or MELERITES (from מֶלֶךְ, a king), i.e. Royalists, is the name given tothose Syriac, Egyptian, and other [[Christians]] of the Levant, who acknowledge the authority of the pope and the doctrines of the [[Church]] of Rome. Excepting some few points of little or no importance, which relate only to ceremonies and ecclesiastical discipline, the [[Melchites]] are in every respect professed Greeks; but they are governed by a particular patriarch, who assumes the title of [[Patriarch]] of Antioch. Their origin is referred to the labors of the Jesuits in the 17th century, and the name of Melchites was given to them because they agreed with the [[Greeks]] who submitted to the [[Council]] of Chalcedon, and was designed by their enemies to brand them with the reproach of having done so merely in conformity to the religion of the emperor. They celebrate mass in the Arabic language, use unleavened bread in the Eucharist, and their priests (not their bishops) are allowed to marry. They have also some monastic establishments, whose inmates follow the rule of St. Basil, the common rule of all the [[Greek]] monks. See Farrar, Ecclesiastes Dict.; Eadie, Ecclesiastes Cyclop.; Neale, Hist. East. Church, ch. 2:7; Neander, Church Hist. 3:176. </p> | <p> The name given to the Syriac, Egyptian, and other [[Christians]] of the Lovant. The Melchites, excepting some few points of little or no importance, which relate only to ceremonies, and ecclesiastical discipline, are, in every respect, professed Greeks; but they are governed by a particular patriarch, who assumes the title of [[Patriarch]] of Antioch. They celebrate mass in the [[Arabian]] language. The religious among the [[Melchites]] follow the rule of St. Basil, the common rule of all the [[Greek]] monks. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50443" /> == | |||
<p> or MELERITES (from מֶלֶךְ, a king), i.e. Royalists, is the name given tothose Syriac, Egyptian, and other [[Christians]] of the Levant, who acknowledge the authority of the pope and the doctrines of the [[Church]] of Rome. Excepting some few points of little or no importance, which relate only to ceremonies and ecclesiastical discipline, the [[Melchites]] are in every respect professed Greeks; but they are governed by a particular patriarch, who assumes the title of [[Patriarch]] of Antioch. Their origin is referred to the labors of the [[Jesuits]] in the 17th century, and the name of Melchites was given to them because they agreed with the [[Greeks]] who submitted to the [[Council]] of Chalcedon, and was designed by their enemies to brand them with the reproach of having done so merely in conformity to the religion of the emperor. They celebrate mass in the Arabic language, use unleavened bread in the Eucharist, and their priests (not their bishops) are allowed to marry. They have also some monastic establishments, whose inmates follow the rule of St. Basil, the common rule of all the [[Greek]] monks. See Farrar, Ecclesiastes Dict.; Eadie, Ecclesiastes Cyclop.; Neale, Hist. East. Church, ch. 2:7; Neander, Church Hist. 3:176. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_20155"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/melchites Melchites from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50443"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/melchites Melchites from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_50443"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/melchites Melchites from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
The name given to the Syriac, Egyptian, and other Christians of the Lovant. The Melchites, excepting some few points of little or no importance, which relate only to ceremonies, and ecclesiastical discipline, are, in every respect, professed Greeks; but they are governed by a particular patriarch, who assumes the title of Patriarch of Antioch. They celebrate mass in the Arabian language. The religious among the Melchites follow the rule of St. Basil, the common rule of all the Greek monks.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
or MELERITES (from מֶלֶךְ, a king), i.e. Royalists, is the name given tothose Syriac, Egyptian, and other Christians of the Levant, who acknowledge the authority of the pope and the doctrines of the Church of Rome. Excepting some few points of little or no importance, which relate only to ceremonies and ecclesiastical discipline, the Melchites are in every respect professed Greeks; but they are governed by a particular patriarch, who assumes the title of Patriarch of Antioch. Their origin is referred to the labors of the Jesuits in the 17th century, and the name of Melchites was given to them because they agreed with the Greeks who submitted to the Council of Chalcedon, and was designed by their enemies to brand them with the reproach of having done so merely in conformity to the religion of the emperor. They celebrate mass in the Arabic language, use unleavened bread in the Eucharist, and their priests (not their bishops) are allowed to marry. They have also some monastic establishments, whose inmates follow the rule of St. Basil, the common rule of all the Greek monks. See Farrar, Ecclesiastes Dict.; Eadie, Ecclesiastes Cyclop.; Neale, Hist. East. Church, ch. 2:7; Neander, Church Hist. 3:176.
