Council of Ashtishat
The Council of Ashtishat[1] (Armenian: Աշտիշատի ժողով) called by Saint Nerses, catholicos of the Armenian church in 354 AD,[2] was the first ever council of bishops in Armenia.[3] It was held in Ashtishat, the location of mother church of Armenia.
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The council saw the drafting of canons and rules for church administration and was part of the process of establishing the Armenian canon of the Bible.[4][5] It also set standards[6][7] for moral aspects of public life[8] and laws to protect the family.[9]
References
- Adalian, Rouben Paul (2010). Historical Dictionary of Armenia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
- Website of the Armenian Church.
- Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood, The Eclectic Review, Volume 10; Volume 58 (1833) page 285.
- THE ARMENIAN VERSION OF SCRIPTURE, e-Catholic2000.com.
- A. E. Breen D. D.A General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture (Aeterna Press).
- ST. NERSES THE GREAT AND BISHOP KHAT, Milwaukee Armenian Community Center.
- Catholicos St. Nersess the Great.
- Christopher H. Zakian Armenia’s Saint of Compassion (2019)
- Lang, David Marshall. Armenia: Cradle of Civilization (Boston: George Allen & Unwin, 1970) p. 160
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