Timothy II (Nestorian Patriarch)
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Timothy II was Patriarch of the Church of the East
from 1318 to ca.1332. He became leader of the church at a time of profound external stress due to loss of favor with the Mongol rulers of Persia.
, Shemon of Balad, Yohannan of Beth Waziq, Yohannan of Shigar
, Abdisho of Hnitha, Isaac of Beth Daron and Ishoyahb of Tella and Barbelli (Marga)
. Timothy himself had been metropolitan of Erbil before his election as patriarch.
of Abdisho of Nisibis as a source of ecclesiastical law. The canons of this synod were the last to have been recorded in the Church of the East before the nineteenth century.
Church of the East
The Church of the East tāʾ d-Maḏnḥāʾ), also known as the Nestorian Church, is a Christian church, part of the Syriac tradition of Eastern Christianity. Originally the church of the Persian Sassanid Empire, it quickly spread widely through Asia...
from 1318 to ca.1332. He became leader of the church at a time of profound external stress due to loss of favor with the Mongol rulers of Persia.
Timothy's consecration
Eleven bishops were present at Timothy's consecration in 1318: the metropolitans Joseph of Ilam, Abdisho of Nisibis and Shemon of Mosul, and the bishops Shemon of Beth Garmaï, Shemon of TirhanTirhan (East Syrian Diocese)
The Diocese of Tirhan was a diocese of the Church of the East's Province of the Patriarch. The diocese is attested between the sixth and fourteenth centuries.- History :...
, Shemon of Balad, Yohannan of Beth Waziq, Yohannan of Shigar
Shigar (East Syrian Diocese)
Shigar was a diocese in the Nestorian metropolitan province of Nisibis, centred on the town of Sinjar. The diocese is attested between the sixth and fourteenth centuries.- Background :...
, Abdisho of Hnitha, Isaac of Beth Daron and Ishoyahb of Tella and Barbelli (Marga)
Marga (East Syrian Diocese)
The Diocese of Marga was one of the dioceses of the Church of the East. The diocese was included in the metropolitan province of Adiabene, and is attested between the eighth and fourteenth centuries...
. Timothy himself had been metropolitan of Erbil before his election as patriarch.
Timothy's patriarchate
One of Timothy's first acts as patriarch was to call a synod in February 1318 and to affirm the NomocanonNomocanon
Nomocanon is a collection of Ecclesiastical law, consisting of the elements from both the Civil law and the Canon law.-Byzantine nomocanons:Collections of this kind were found only in Eastern law...
of Abdisho of Nisibis as a source of ecclesiastical law. The canons of this synod were the last to have been recorded in the Church of the East before the nineteenth century.