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The church in Iraq / Fernando Cardinal Filoni ; translated by Edward Condon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Filoni, Fernando, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Chiesa in Iraq. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Iraq--History.
- Catholic Church.
- Iraq--Church history.
- Iraq.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The persecution of the church in Iraq is one of the great tragedies of the twenty-first century.In this short, yet sweeping account, Cardinal Filoni, the former Papal Nuncio to Iraq, shows us the people and the faith in the land of Abraham and Babylon, a region that has been home to Persians, Parthians, Byzantines, Mongols, Ottomans, and more.
- Contents:
- The geopolitical context
- The ancient Christian community
- The church of the East: the Arab (651-1258), Mongol (1258-1410), and Turkish (1410-1508) ages
- The Latin church in Mesopotamia: the Savafid dynasty and the Ottoman era
- The twentieth century: demographic and geographic upheaval and the birth of Iraq
- The Holy See and Iraq.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2966-9
- OCLC:
- 993774232
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