A History of the First Estifanosite Monks
V.
By (author) G. Haile
In the fifteenth century, a fearless Abba Estifanos and his followers openly criticized the monastic leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for what the monks saw as a gross disregard of monastic rules in the monastic leaders’ relationship with political leaders. These monks of the Monastery of Gundagunde, in the province of Tegray, spoke out against the practice of having the monarch appoint abbots to head the large monasteries. Further, they dismissed as unchristian all religious practices that were not prescribed in, or proscribed by, the Eighty-One Canonical Scriptures of the Church. Most of all, they refused to bow to anything or anybody other than the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, including the king. Such defiance in a theocratic polity, in which the monarch was the head of the Church and State, was an extremely dangerous posture. Consequently, Abba Estifanos and his followers suffered unspeakable martyrdom. Vol. 635 tells the amazing story of these monks as they themselves recorded it in Ge’ez, the liturgical language of the Church. Vol. 636 is its English version. It is woth noting that although the narrative is hagiographical, the pertinent facts contained in the text are independently verifiable.
- By (author) G. Haile
Other Titles in this Series
Histoire de Mar Abba, catholicos de l’Orient. Martyres de Mar Grigor, général en chef du roi Khusro Ier et de Mar Yazd-panah, juge et gouverneur
V.
Volume 659, 255
Interregnum
Introduction to a Study on the Formation of Armenian Identity (ca 600-750)
Volume 640, 127
From High Priest to Patriarch
History and Authority in the 'Ecclesiastical History' of Bar 'Ebroyo
Volume 688, 141
Pseudo-Atanasio. Dialoghi IV e V sulla santa Trinità (testo greco con traduzione italiana, versione latina e armena)
Volume 634, 125
Die Anbetung der Magier und die Taufe der Sasaniden. Zur Geistesgeschichte des iranischen Christentums in der Spätantike
Volume 621, 120
The Feast of the Desert of Apa Shenoute
A Liturgical Procession from the White Monastery in Upper Egypt
Volume 681, 53
The Homily of Zär’a Ya’eqob’s Mäshafä Berhan on the Rite of Baptism and Religious Instruction
T.
Volume 653, 114
The Genesis Commentary by Step’anos of Siwnik’ (dub.)
Edition, Translation and Comments
Volume 695, 32
Catalogue of the Arabic Garshuni Manuscripts and Fragments of the Matenadaran (Yerevan)
Volume 708, 148
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