The Council of Mar Dadiso (AD 424)
| Date | 424 |
| Location | Markabta |
| Summoned by | Bahram |
| Chaired by | Mar Dadiso |
| Number of Participants | 37 |
| Key Participants | Bishop Mar Dadiso, Bishop Agapeta, Bishop Hosa of Nisibis |
| Purpose | To address Mar Dadiso’s request to resign as catholicos |
| Key Events | Mar Dadiso urges the bishops to allow him to resign; the bishops urge Dadiso to reconsider; the bishops declare it unlawful to bring a charge against the catholicos because he is subject only to Christ, thereby asserting autonomy from the Western Church; Mar Dadiso agrees to continue as catholicos. |
Surviving Documents:
Description and Canons as found in Synodicon Orientale for 424. Syriac Text: Chabot, Synodicon Orientale, pp. 43-53. French:Chabot, Synodicon Orientale, pp. 285-98. English: M.J. Birnie, The Synod of Mar Dadiso.
Bibliography
M.J. Birnie, The Synod of Mar Dadiso AD 424 (unpublished).
Wilhelm Baum and Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (London: Routledge, 2003), pp. 19-21.
Ehsan Yar Shater, The Cambridge History of Iran (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 941.
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Last updated: 2-11-2025 by JSW
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