Christian Schismatic Trends Leading to the Formation of the Arab Kingdom

Christian schismatic trends leading to the formation of the Arab kingdom

A visualization of Peter von Sivers' reconstruction. Drag the gold rail to move through time, or select any stream to trace where it came from and where it led.

650
CE
Axis is schematic, not to scale
400 650

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ByzantineChristianity Syria WesternGhassanidArabia EasternLakhmidArabia Persia Manichaeans Marcionites Daysanites Monophysitism Nestorianism Melkite or Chalcedonian Christianity Monophysitism of Egypt Jacobitism Jacob Baradeus Theodore “Mushrikun” Tritheism John Philoponus “Nasara” Nestorianism Nestorius Monophysitism* Dioscorus Council of Chalcedon 5th Ecumenical Council of Constantinople Foundation of the Arab Kingdom Byzantine- Sasanian War 451 CE 544 CE 550 CE 553 CE 560 CE 580 CE 600 CE 602 CE 622 CE 628 CE 650 CE

* Although Miaphysitism may be a better term for many non-Chalcedonian beliefs, it would be anachronistic to apply it to these Late Antique council disputes. This reconstruction follows Dr Peter von Sivers and keeps his terminology.

The vertical axis is ordered but not proportional — the span from 451 to 544 occupies as much height as 602 to 628. Read it as sequence, not duration.