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Nestorian (secessions): *
After 431 supporters of Nestorius, followers of the schools of Edessa & Antioch, relocated to the Sasanian Empire, where they affiliated with the Church of the East Christian community who welcomed them. The latter had already declared independence of Constantinople in an attempt to cast off accusations of foreign allegiance. The School of Edessa also relocated, to Nisibis in Mesopotamia; it became a centre of Nestorianism. In 484, the Sassanids executed the pro-Byzantine Catholicos Babowai and enabled the Nestorian bishop of Nisibis to increase his influence over the bishops of the region, a move ending links between Persian Christianity & the Roman Empire. Gradual development between 484 & 612 AD led to the creation of specific doctrinal views within this Church. This development was finalized by the East Syriac theologian Babai the Great (551-628 AD). Babai used the specific Syriac term “qnoma” as a designation for the dual (divine and human) properties within the one person of Christ. In 612 this doctrine was officially adopted by the Church of the East.
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