Papa bar Aggai

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title: Papa bar Aggai
text: Papa bar Aggai was the Chaldean Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the capital of Sassanid Persia, in the late 3rd and early 4th century. An important figure in the early history of the Church of the East, he was first in the generally recognized line of Bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, who would later become the acknowledged head of the church. He was the first bishop to be given the title of Catholicos, or universal leader, and set about restructuring the previously disorganized Persian church. Some
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description: Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
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date created: 2010-02-27T16:20:16Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T12:19:42Z
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