The Maronites of Lebanon, the Staunch Catholics of the Near East

With an Historical Sketch of the Early Syrian Churches

Paul Abraham

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781463228255
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

This volume, intended for general readers, covers the history and characteristics of the Maronite Church from its earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century.

Table of contents

• The Maronites of Lebanon, the Staunch Catholics of the Near East. With an Historical Sketch of the Early Syrian Churches
• PREFACE
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• Chapter I — Syria and Mt. Lebanon
• Chapter II — Aramean, Syria's Tongue
• Chapter III — Early Syrian Liturgies
• Chapter IV — Greek vs. Syrian Influence in St. Maron's Time
• Chapter V — Convent of St. Maron
• Chapter VI — The Roman Empire Before the Mohammedan Invasion
• Chapter VII — The Mohammedan Invasion
• Chapter VIII — Maronites and Melchites
• Chapter IX — St. John Maron
• Chapter X — The Maronites Before the Crusaders' Coming, 700-1096 A. D.
• Chapter XI — Monophysitism and Monothelitism and the Maronite Church
• Chapter XII — Maronites and Crusaders
• Chapter XIII — Maronite-Mohammedan Wars After Crusaders' Departure
• Chapter XIV — The Maronites of the Fourteenth Century
• Chapter XV — The Maronites of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
• Chapter XVI — Sixteenth Century Civil and Political Condition of the Maronites
• Chapter XVII — The Maronites of the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter XVIII — Stephen Douihee, Patriarch
• Chapter XIX — Prominent Men and Writers of the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter XX — Political Conditions in the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter XXI — Literary Rivival in the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter XXII — The Lebanese Council
• Chapter XXIII — Patriarchs of the Eighteenth Century
• Chapter XXIV — First Half of the Nineteenth Century — Emir Bechir
• Chapter XXV — The Seminary of Ain-Warka
• Chapter XXVI — Revival of Literature in the Nineteenth Century
• Chapter XXVII — Political Revival — Joseph Bey
• Chapter XXVIII — John Haj, Patriarch
• Chapter XXIX — Religious Congregations, Native Seminaries, Colleges
• Chapter XXX — Foreign Seminaries and Colleges
• Chapter XXXI — Elias Hoyek, Patriarch
• Chapter XXXII — Relations with the Holy See