Corycus Piskoposluğu ve VI. Yüzyıla Kadar Kristoloji Tartışmaları

Authors : Murat Özyildirim

Pages : 191-218

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Publication Date : 2005-05-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Important changes took place in the social, political, religious life in the Roman Empire after the rise of Christianity especially in the eastern Mediterranean provinces such as Cilicia and Syria in the A.D. 1st century. The process forming the basis of this new religion soon began including the setting of the rules for worship and the principles of belief. During this process, the arguements about the nature of Christ (Christology) appeared as a principal topic. The first council in the history of Christianity (Hierosolyma Council of Apostles) was held in Jerusalem in 57 in order to discuss on this matter. The spread of the new religion in a large area caused new interpretations and different views concerning with this problem. The bishops coming from the ancient towns which gradually became bishopic centers began to attend various council meetings gathering Christians from different cultures and countries. One of those cities was Corycus (K›zkalesi). Seleucia ad Calycadnum in its neighbourhood was also an episcopal center and the towns Diocaesarea and Olba were connected to it. It is significant that although Corycus was geographically located close to Seleucia ad Calycadnum, it was directly connected to the episcopal center of Tarsus. This situation sometimes caused such difficult cases in between to bishopic centers that the Church at Antiochia ad Orontem had to act as a mediator.
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