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Assyrian Church of the EastandAnabaptism
At a glance
- Common groundIn full: Common ground
- Common inheritanceNo direct historical relationship: the Church of the East developed beyond the Roman Empire from the 5th century, more than a thousand years before the Reformation. What they share is the Bible and the faith of Nicaea as each receives it.
2 sources
- The Christology of the Church of the East in the Synods of the Fifth to Early Seventh Centuries: Preliminary Considerations and MaterialsSource verified
- Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsIdentified, not independently read
Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.
- GodOne God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Common inheritanceNo direct historical relationship: the Church of the East developed beyond the Roman Empire from the 5th century, more than a thousand years before the Reformation. What they share is the Bible and the faith of Nicaea as each receives it.
- Key differencesIn full: Key differences
No difference is recorded yet. 9 topics are not yet comparable, so this is a gap in the research, not evidence of agreement.
- How their histories connectIn full: How their histories connect
- Lines parted · 410–7th century · A gradual processA church beyond the Roman Empire (gradual estrangement)Read the account in Assyrian Church of the East
- Line of descentAnabaptism began among radical followers of Zwingli's reform in Zurich (1525), which took shape in the Reformation of the Western church under Rome (1519–1560).
- Connected today?In full: their relationship today
Not yet researched
The Atlas has not yet researched their present relationship. This is a gap, not evidence either way.
Composed from each tradition’s sourced records. Where a topic is not yet recorded for one side, the Atlas says so rather than guess.
Structured comparison. Composed from each tradition’s sourced position records. No research has yet been written for this particular pair, so the Atlas shows only what those records establish.
Where they differ
Where teaching varies within a tradition (2)
Sacraments and ordinances
Christ's presence in the Eucharist or Lord's Supper
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Christ's body and blood are truly present
- Anabaptism
- Anabaptist understandings of the Lord's Supper are not uniform and are not recorded here.
Church and ministry
Church government
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Bishops governing in synods; self-governing churches without a universal head
- Anabaptism
- Government differs between Mennonite, Amish, Hutterite and Brethren churches.
Not yet comparable (9)
No sourced position is recorded for one side, so the Atlas does not say whether they agree:
- Christ (christ's divinity): not recorded for Anabaptism
- Christ (how christ's divinity and humanity are expressed): not recorded for Anabaptism
- Creeds and councils (the nicene creed): not recorded for Anabaptism
- Creeds and councils (councils received): not recorded for Anabaptism
- Scripture and authority (sources of authority): not recorded for Assyrian Church of the East
- Salvation and grace (characteristic emphasis): not recorded for Assyrian Church of the East
- Sacraments and ordinances (who is baptised): not recorded for Assyrian Church of the East
- Church and ministry (ministry): not recorded for Anabaptism
- Mary and the saints (how mary is named): not recorded for Anabaptism
How their histories relate
The Atlas has no researched record of a direct historical relationship between these two. Not every pair of traditions experienced a schism or union with each other. Each took shape in its own way:
Their relationship today
Not yet researched
The Atlas has no researched record of the present relationship between these two. That is a gap in the research, not evidence of any particular relationship.
Developments towards reconciliation
No documented agreement or formal dialogue between these traditions is recorded in the Atlas.
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