Jacobite Church

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The Jacobite Church is a major Oriental Orthodox Christian tradition rooted in the ancient Syriac liturgical and theological heritage, historically centered in the Middle East and India.

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Jacobite Church canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Oriental Orthodox Church
associatedTitle Catholicos of India
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
branch Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in India
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
christology Miaphysite
clergyOrder Bishops
Deacons
Priests
communionWith Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
doctrine Trinitarian
governance Episcopal polity
historicalCenter Antioch
Malankara
languageOfWorship Arabic (in the Middle East)
Malayalam (in India)
Syriac
liturgicalLanguage Syriac
monasticTradition Syriac monasticism
opposes Dyophysitism as defined at Chalcedon
Nestorianism
patriarchalSee Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
recognizesCouncil Council of Ephesus
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea
region India
Middle East
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches
sacrament Anointing of the Sick
Baptism
Chrismation
Confession
Eucharist
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Holy Orders
Marriage
scripture Bible
scriptureLanguageTradition Peshitta
selfIdentification One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church (in Oriental Orthodox sense)
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
theologicalHeritage Syriac Christian theology
usesCalendar Julian calendar (for some feasts)
linked to: Julian calendar

Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar (in some jurisdictions)
usesLiturgy West Syriac Rite
veneration Saints
Virgin Mary

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Syriac Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Jacobite Church