Catholicos of the East is the title that has been held by the ecclesiastical heads of the
Church of the East, the Grand Metropolitan of
Seleucia-Ctesiphon, since AD. 280.
The term "Catholicos" is derived from the Greek word Katholikos (Καθολικός), meaning "Universal Bishop". The title Catholicos, is used in several Eastern Christian churches and implies a degree of sovereignty and autocephaly.
Catholicos of the East refers to:
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Catholicos-Patriarch of the East, primate (Catholicos-Patriarch) of the Church of the East.
It may also refer to the ecclesiastical heads of the different branches of the
Church of the East
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Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
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Catholicos-Patriarchs of the Ancient Church of the East
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Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon
This is a list of the Chaldean Catholicoi-Patriarchs of Baghdad, formerly Babylon, the leaders of the Chaldean Catholic Church and one of the Patriarchs of the east of the Catholic Church starting from 1553 following the schism of 1552 which ca ...
Catholicos of the East also refers to some ecclesiastical institutions of later origin:
* Syriac
Maphrian of the East
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Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, the primate of
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
The Catholicos position came into existence in the Church in 1912 with the establishment of the Catholicate. From 1934, the Catholicos began to hold the position of
Malankara Metropolitan also, another important title in the Church.
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Catholicos of India, the head of the
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church,
whose historic titles are Catholicos of the East and Metropolitan of Malankara.
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Eastern Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Eastern Catholicism
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