Sahdona (Martyrius)
Sahdona (Martyrius)
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Sahdona (Martyrius) (early 7th cent.) [Ch. of E.]
萨赫多纳（马提里乌斯）(Sahdona (Martyrius)) （7 世纪早期）[东方教会 (Ch. of E.)]
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Monastic author of ‘Book of Perfection’.brief
《完美之书》(Book of Perfection) 的修士作者。（简条）
Monastic author. He was born in Halmon ( Beth Nuhadra ) and took up a monastic vocation under the influence of his mother and a saintly woman, Shirin. He lived as a monk of the Monastery of Beth ʿAbe until some time between 635 and 640, when he was made bp. of Beth Garmai . His views on christology were seen to be too Chalcedonian, and he was deposed at a synod. For a while he was re-instated, but then was again deposed. His fine ‘Book of Perfection’ is preserved, not quite complete, in a ms. copied in Edessa in 837. The work is in two parts; the first begins with the dogmatic foundations of the moral life of Christians (only parts of this are preserved), and then goes on to provide an introduction to the life of perfection, both coenobitic and solitary. The second part is devoted to discussion of the different virtues. A remarkable feature of the work is the very large number of biblical quotations and allusions (and very few references to non-biblical literature). Five Letters and a set of maxims on Wisdom also survive.
修道作家。他出生于哈尔蒙 (Halmon)（贝特努哈德拉 (Beth Nuhadra)），在母亲和一位圣洁女子希琳 (Shirin) 的影响下投身修道生涯。他作为贝特阿贝修道院 (Monastery of Beth ʿAbe) 的修士生活，直到 635 年至 640 年间的某个时候，他被任命为贝特加尔迈 (Beth Garmai) 主教 (bp.)。他的基督论 (christology) 观点被视为过于迦克墩派 (Chalcedonian)，因此在一次会议 (synod) 上被废黜。一段时间后他得以复职，但随后再次被废黜。他的优秀著作《完美之书》(Book of Perfection) 得以保存，虽不完全，存于一份 837 年在埃德萨 (Edessa) 抄写的手稿 (ms.) 中。该作品分为两部分；第一部分始于基督徒道德生活的教义基础（仅保存了部分内容），接着介绍完美生活，包括共修 (coenobitic) 和独修 (solitary)。第二部分致力于讨论不同的美德。该作品的一个显著特征是引用和暗示圣经的次数非常多（而引用非圣经文献的参考极少）。五封信 (Five Letters) 和一套关于智慧 (Wisdom) 的格言也存世。
References
S. P. Brock, ‘A further fragment of the Sinai Sahdona manuscript’, LM 81 (1968), 139–54.
, The Syriac Fathers on Prayer, 198–239. (ET of selections)
S. Chialà, Martyrios (Sahdona). Sull’ amore perfetto per Dio e per gli altri (Bose, 1993). (IT of selections)
A. de Halleux, Martyrius (Sahdona). Oeuvres spirituelles, vol. 1–3. Livre de la Perfection; vol. 4. Lettres à des amis solitaires; Maximes sapientiales (CSCO 200–1, 214–5, 252–5; 1961, 1965).
, ‘Un chapitre retrouvé du Livre de la Perfection de Martyrius’, LM 88 (1975), 253–95.
S. P. Brock, ‘New fragments of Sahdona’s Book of Perfection at St Catherine’s Monastery, Mount Sinai’, OCP 75 (2009), 175–8.
A. de Halleux, ‘La christologie de Martyrios-Sahdona dans l’évolution du nestorianisme’, OCP 23 (1957), 5–32.
, ‘Martyrios-Sahdona. La vie mouvementée d’un ‘hérétique’ de l’Église nestorienne’, OCP 24 (1958), 93–128.
L. Wehbé, ‘Textes bibliques dans les écrits de Martyrius-Sahdona’, Melto 5 (1969), 61–113.
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Sahdona (Martyrius).” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Sahdona-Martyrius.