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ETHIOPIA<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
VIII<br />
NINE SAINTS<br />
See for details: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Nine_Saints<br />
http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/Ethiopian-saints.htm<br />
The five ancient Asian-African Orthodox churches, the Egyptian, the Syrian, the Armenian, the<br />
Indian, and the Ethiopian, belonged to the family of “Oriental Orthodox Churches”, as<br />
distinguished from the family of Byzantine or “Eastern Orthodox Churches”, which included the<br />
churches of Greece, Russia, Constantinople, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, etc.. Subsequent to<br />
the Christological controversies arising from the Council of Chalcedon 451 A D.<br />
http://lukebray.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/slide-0011.jpg<br />
Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine advanced by Nestorius (386–450), Patriarch of<br />
Constantinople from 428–431. Nestorius' teachings brought him into conflict with some other<br />
prominent church leaders, most notably Cyril of Alexandria, who criticized especially his<br />
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