Teodoro Abū Qurrah, La difesa delle icone. Trattato sulla venerazione delle immagini, introduzione, traduzione, note ed indici a cura di Paola Pizzo (1995), 192p. (esaurito) isbn 9788816403840

During the

iconoclastic period, an Arab bishop defended the cult  of the holy icons in the face of opposition from Christian iconoclasts, Jews, and Muslims. Theodore’s courageous apology drew upon the sacred texts, patristic writings, and the tradition of the Church to refute the imperial policy of iconoclasm then dominant in Constantinople. Theodore also directly engages the text  of the Koran itself and the sayings attributed to Mohamed, extending his argument to include a refutation of Islamic opposition to the holy images.

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Mariam de Ghantuz Cubbe, I Maroniti d’Aleppo nel XVII secolo, attraverso i racconti dei missionari europei (dai documenti conservati negli archivi romani)

2a edizione riveduta e corretta, 257p., Bologna: Edizioni del Gruppo di Ricerca Arabo-Cristiana, 2020.

isbn 9791280091017

 

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In the 17th century, a community of Catholic Maronites was confronted by Latin rite Catholic missionaries animated by Counter Reformation fervor. Unprepared to deal with people formed by historical and cultural conditions so different from their own, the missionaries brought confusion to Aleppo. This account drawn from previously unknown documents describes the day to day anguish experienced by the community.  

 

 

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