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 INDEX

ABBREVIATIONS

Abys. = Abyssinia (Abyssinian) Ap. = Apostle Ar. = Arabic Arm. = Armenia (Armenian) Bp. = Bishop Cath. = Catholic Chr. = Christian

Copt. = Coptic Ctple = Constantinople Emp. = Emperor Eth. = Ethiopia (Ethiopic) Jac.= Jacobite Kg. = King. Kath = Katholikos

Lit. = Liturgy Mal. = Malabar Mtr. = Metropolitan Nest. = Nestorian Orth. = Orthodox Prot. = Protestant Ptr. = Patriarch Syn. = Synod Syr. = Syria (Syriac)

title of Abys. Mtr., 295, 308

Abbas, Shah of Persia (1586-1628), 390

Abbasid Khalifs, 26, 92

'Abdu-lMasīḥ (Christodulos), Copt. Ptr. (1047-1077), 235-236, 334

'Abdu-lMasīḥ, Jac. Ptr. (1906), see Ignatius.

'Abdullah ibn 'Abdi-lMalik, Amir of Egypt (7th century), 229

'Abdullah ibn Sa'd, Amir of Egypt (7th century), 229

'Abdu-lHamid II, Turkish Sultan (1876-1908), 393

Abgar Ukkama, Kg. of Edessa, 29-31, 397

Abgar VIII, Kg. of Edessa (176-213), 32, 34

Abgar IX, Kg. of Edessa (216), 23

Abirad, Gregory, Kath. of Sis (1199), 389

Abraham, Arm. Kath. (607-615), 413

Abraham, Nest. Bp. (1903), 132

Abraham or Abira, Jac. anti-Ptr. (9th century), 334

Abraham, Malpan, Prot. Convert at Mal. (19th century), 370

Abraham of Kashkar († 586), Syr. Monk, 111

Abrahatu-lAshram, Abys. General (570), 298

Abreha, Kg. of Abys. (4th century), 294-295

Abū-Dakn, Copt, historian, 215

Abu-ḥalīm, Nest. lit. book, 143

Abūna, title of Abys. Mtr., 308-310; always a Copt. Monk, 296, 299

Abū Sarǵah (St. Sergius), church at Cairo, 266

Abu-sSaifain, see Mercurius

Abyssinia — races, 307-308; same as Ethiopia, 307; dependence on Egypt, 296-297, 299-300, 310; attempted independence, 301-302, 309; Jac. bp. in Abys., 335

Acacian schism (484-519), 195-199

Acacius, Bp. of Amida (5th century), 50