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HISTORY

Sp026 – History of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem from Constantine the Great to the Crusades

Bishara Ebeid

Course Information

Professor: Bishara Ebeid, bisharaebeid@gmail.com

Schedule: 2nd sem.

Content

The course aims to illustrate the more significant moments of the Church of Jerusalem in the first millennium. 

  • Transformation of Jerusalem into a holy site during the reign of Constantine. 
  • From Constantine to the creation of a patriarchal see in Chalcedon. 
  • From Chalcedon to the Arab conquest. 
  • From the Arab conquest to the era of the crusades. 
  • The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
  • Personages, theologians, and noted authors of the Church of Jerusalem.
  • Palestinian monasticism.
  • The Jerusalem liturgy.
  • Relations among the patriarchs, imperial politics, and the Muslim califs.
  • Jerusalem, heart of the Melchite Church under Muslim rule.

Objective

To make known the history of the Mother of all the Churches of the first millennium.

Bibliography

A. O’Mahony. The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Studies in History, Religion and Politics. Cardiff, 2003.

C. Alzati. Da Madre Di Tutte Le Chiese a Patriarcato. La Collocazione Del Vescovo Di Gerusalemme Nella Comunione Cristiana Della Tarda Antichità. Vatican, 2014.

L. Perrone. La chiesa di Palestina e le controversie cristologiche. Dal concilio di Efeso (431) al secondo concilio di Costantinopoli (553). Brescia, 1980.