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AntiochAncient capital of the Greek kingdom of Syria, founded 300 BC by Seleucus I in memory of his father Antiochus, and famed for its splendour and luxury. Under the Romans it was an early centre of Christianity. St Paul set off on his missionary journeys from here. It was captured by the Arabs in AD 637. After a five-month siege in 1098 Antioch was taken by the crusaders, who held it until 1268. The site is now occupied by the Turkish town of Antakya. Antioch
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The ecclesiastical historian and last great Antiochene theologian, Theodoret of Cyrus (c. But in the ensuing argument he invokes a subtle distinction that is closely related to the unrealistic perspective that we have pointed to; he proposes that the Antiochene formulation in referring to the cup rather than to its contents, avoids being offensive The distinction proposed by Leon-Dufour ignores the power and function of symbolism and unavoidable emotional associations Significantly for an Antiochene, he accords prominence to the Church at Rome. |
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