438 War on Christmas 2021
By Dustin
It’s time for this year’s War on Christmas episode! Keeping with the new format, it starts with a memo from the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and opens a can of historical worms.
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Christmas in Jerusalem
- Story of the current crisis
- Christianity in the Levant
- Early church
- Jewish Roman Wars
- Chalcedonian Schism:
- Patriarch of Jerusalem created in 451
- Malkite Orthodox
- Syriac Orthodox
- Conquests
- Persians conquer Palestine in 614
- Orthodox Christians retain Greek language and culture
- Battle of Yarmuk 636 – Syria and Palestine removed from Byzantine control
- Syrian Malkite’s adopt Arab language and culture
- Persians conquer Palestine in 614
- Great Schism and Crusades
- 1054 Great Schism
- 1099 Crusaders conquer Jerusalem – Exile Greek Patriarch, appoint Latin Patriarch
- 1187 Arabs retake Jerusalem – Latin Patriarch flees to Rome, Greek Patriarch returns
- 1847 Ottomans allow Latin Patriarch to Return
- Malkite Orthodox Schism
- Modern Christianity in Israel
- Greek Orthodox Patriarch controversy
Sources
- Religion News Service – Patriarch of Jerusalem’s Christmas Edict
- Wikipedia – Christianity in Israel
- Wikipedia – Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
- Wikipedia – Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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