Armenian Church
Publié le 22/02/2012
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The distinctive Christian
institution of Armenia. Armenia is a region in
northeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran, and
includes an independent commonwealth between
the Black and the Caspian Seas. No one knows
exactly when CHRISTIANITY fi rst arrived there. In 314
C.E. Tiridates, the king of the country, converted to
Christianity. Armenia then became the fi rst nation
in which Christianity was the established or offi -
cial religion. Armenian Christianity took distinctive
form in the fi fth century. At that time the BIBLE
and many church writings were translated into
Armenian.
The most distinctive feature of the Armenian
Church is its view of JESUS. In technical terms,
the Armenian Church is "monophysite." That is,
it rejects the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon
(451) that Jesus had two natures, divine and
human, united in one person. It teaches instead
that the incarnate Word of GOD has only one
nature.
Armenian worship practices closely resemble
those of the Orthodox churches (see EASTERN
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY). So does the organization
of the Armenian Church. The head of the Armenian
Church is known as the "catholikos." He
resides in Echmiadzin near Yerevan, the capital of
Armenia. A smaller group of Armenians recognize
as their head a patriarch who now resides in Beirut,
Lebanon.
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