Over the course of the 16th century, as Rome lost much of northern and western Europe to the Reformation, it redoubled its efforts to win over the Christian East. At first, Rome’s attention in the Levant was directed toward the Maronites, who had formally submitted to the Papacy in the 12thth century but still retained... The post Antioch’s First Encounter with Latin Missionaries: The Response of Anastasius ibn Mujalla appeared first on Orthodox…
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