McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Thiven, Synod of

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Thiven, Synod of

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Thilo, Wilhelm
Thimnatha
Thionville, Councils of
Thirlwall, Connop, D.D
Thirst
Thirty Years War, the
Thirty nine Articles
Thisbe
Thistle
Thiven, Synod of
Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottgetreu
Thomas
Thomas (2)
Thomas (St.), Christians Of
Thomas (St.), Day Of
Thomas (St.), Writings Of
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas a Becket, or of Canterbury
Thomas a Kempis

was held by Nierses, the first bishop, or catholicus, of the Armenian Church, in A.D. 536. It was called through the influence of the Persian ruler Chosroes, who desired the, separation of his Christian subjects from the Christians of the Roman Empire. At the synod the Monophysite system was confirmed, and the anathema pronounced on the Chalcedonian council. See Neander, Hist. of the Church, 1, 553.