From Bāzyān to al-Ḥīra: Introduction to Recent Archaeological and Historical Studies on Christianity in Iraq
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4 juillet 2023
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Julie Bonnéric et al., « From Bāzyān to al-Ḥīra: Introduction to Recent Archaeological and Historical Studies on Christianity in Iraq », Bulletin d’études orientales, ID : 10.4000/beo.8184
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The beginnings of Christianity in Iraq are difficult to establish due to the lack of sources from before the 3rd century. According to Oriental traditions, the provinces of Assyria and Babylonia were evangelized in the 1st and early 2nd centuries by the apostles Addaï and Mari, and Mesopotamia by both of them, together with Thomas. They founded the Church of Babylonia that became the first apostolic Church in Mesopotamia. The Christian centres of Antioch and Edessa played a central role in th...