Timotheos II
Timotheos II
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Timotheos II (fl. early 14th cent.) [Ch. of E.]
提摩太二世 (Timotheos II) （活跃于 14 世纪早期 (fl. early 14th cent.)） [东方教会 (Ch. of E.)]
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Cath. (1318–53?) and author.
大公宗主 (Cath.)（1318–53?）及作者。
Cath. (1318–53?) and author. His baptismal name was Yawsep. Previously metropolitan of Erbil ( Arbela ), he was elected cath. at the Synod of 1318, and was the last cath. to be enthroned in the Church of Mar Mari in Kokhe (on the opposite bank of the Tigris to Ctesiphon). His treatise ‘On the Ecclesiastical Mysteries’, in 7 Books, remains an authoritative source up to the present day in the Ch. of E. The 7 Books cover: the Priesthood, the Consecration of the Church, Baptism, Eucharist, ‘the mystery of the perfecting of ministers’ (ordination), funeral rites, and betrothal-marriage (a detailed list of contents is given in Assemani, BibOr, III.1, 572–9).
大公宗主 (Cath.)（1318–1353 年？）及著述家。他的洗礼名为约瑟普 (Yawsep)。此前曾任埃尔比勒 (Erbil)（阿尔贝拉 (Arbela)）都主教，他于 1318 年会议上当选为大公宗主 (Cath.)，也是最后一位在科赫 (Kokhe) 圣马里教堂 (Church of Mar Mari) 即位的大公宗主 (Cath.)（该地位于底格里斯河 (Tigris) 对岸，与泰西封 (Ctesiphon) 相对）。他的著作《论教会奥秘》(On the Ecclesiastical Mysteries) 共 7 卷，直至今日仍是东方教会 (Ch. of E.) 的权威来源。这 7 卷涵盖：司祭职、教堂祝圣、洗礼、感恩祭、“圣职成全奥秘”（祝圣）、葬礼礼仪以及订婚 - 结婚（a detailed list of contents is given in Assemani, BibOr, III.1, 572–9）。
References
P. B Kadicheeni, The Mystery of Baptism (Bangalore, 1980). (Syr. with ET of Book 3)
J. Kochuparampil, The Mystery of the Eucharist. Syriac critical text, translation and studies of the chapter ‘On the Mysteries of the Body and the Blood’ from ‘The Causes of the Seven Mysteries of the Church’ by Patriarch Timothy II (1318–1332) (Excerpta e Dissertatione, Pontificio Istituto Orientale; Rome, 2000). (Syr. with ET of Book 4)
W. Toma, The Mystery of the Church. Syriac critical edition and translation of the Rite of the Consecration of the Altar with Oil and the Chapter ‘On the Consecration of the Church’ from the Book of the Seven Causes of the Mysteries of the Church by Patriarch Timothy II (1318–1332) (Excerpta e Dissertatione, Pontificio Istituto Orientale; Rome, 2007). (Syr. with ET of Book 2)
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Timotheos II.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Timotheos-II.