Saint Michael the Archangel: Three Encomiums, Vol. 4: The Ethiopian Encomium and the Appendices
Overview
This 1894 translation into English gives a rare glimpse into the hagiography and theological insights of early non-Chalcedonian church fathers on the Archangel Michael. Both Theodosius and Severus had personal interactions with the Roman Emperor Justinian I over the Miaphysite/Monophysite controversy, and both were eventually exiled and excommunicated for their beliefs on Christology. These encomiums discuss everything from the seventh-century icon of the Archangel Michael (and its interpretation) to the role of Saint Michael in Heaven and his involvement in various miraculous events as recorded throughout the Scriptures. The original Coptic texts and excerpts of the Arabic translation of the encomiums are included as well. Additionally, the Ethiopic text is also available for the work of Severus.
- Title: Saint Michael the Archangel: Three Encomiums, Vol. 4: The Ethiopian Encomium and the Appendices
- Author: Severus of Antioch
- Series: Saint Michael the Archangel: Three Encomiums
- Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
- Print Publication Date: 1894
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: Amharic
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Michael (Archangel)
- Resource ID: LLS:STMCHL3ENCMMS04
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:58:02Z
Severus of Antioch (c. AD 459–538) was a prominent theologian who opposed the Council of Chalcedon, and is considered to be one of the founders of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Born in Sozopolis, Pisidia—now Turkey—his grandfather was Metropolitan of Sozopolis, and attended the Council of Ephesus in AD 431. Severus studied grammar, rhetoric, Greek, and Latin in Alexandria. He moved to Beirut in AD 486, where he studied philosophy and Roman jurisprudence. He became a monk at St. Romanus’ Monastery in Maiuma, Palestine, and went on to found his own monastery there. He was eventually expelled for rejecting Chalcedonian Christology. After the patriarch Flavian II of Antioch was deposed, Severus was made patriarch of Antioch in AD 512. But he too was deposed in AD 518, for opposing Chalcedon. He was formally excommunicated in AD 536 by Emperor Justinian. He wrote The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus Patriarch of Antioch and produced one of the ancient manuscripts of Saint Michael the Archangel: Three Encomiums.