Biblical justification of primacy of the bisphop of orient on the basis of the letters of Timothy I, patriarch of Baghdad

Jan W. Żelazny

Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie , Poland


Abstract

In the interpretation of the Bible among Christians of the Orient, i.e. in the ancient Oriental exegesis, the historical sense is relevant, as history reveals Jesus to us. He is present, as the School of Alexandria describes, in the entire Bible, on its every page, but He is not veiled by allegory – He is present through time, having its special place in the revelation of the Word. Using types and images to explain certain points in the Bible is related to the concept of theological language in which types and images inscribed in the Holy Bible play an important role in our way of talking about God. They are elements that, by definition, should form the theological discourse. Certain elements of this exegesis are similar to concepts both of the School of Antioch and that of Alexandria, although, from the point of view of its basic assumptions and axioms, it is completely different. In many aspects, it is close to Judaism against which it fights so intensely, as many of its concepts are inspired by the heritage of the Jewish Diaspora of the Middle East.

Keywords:

Timothy I, pentarchy, oriental egsegesis, image, typology, primacy

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Published
2018-12-16


Żelazny, J. W. (2018). Biblijne uzasadnienie prymatu biskupa orientu na podstawie listów Tymoteusza I, patriarchy Bagdadu. Vox Patrum, 67, 779–788. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.3428

Jan W. Żelazny 
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie



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