maphrian

In 869 it was decided that just as the patriarch consecrated the maphrian so the consecration of a new patriarch would be reserved to the maphrian.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Originally the maphrian had a number of special rights and privileges that made him almost independent of his patriarch.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The relations of the maphrian and the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch were, despite several schisms, maintained harmoniously.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The title of maphrian still exists, but the office has lost all its importance and dignity.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Now he has only precedence of other metropolitans, a few rights in connection with the patriarch's election and consecration (when the patriarch dies he is generally succeeded by the maphrian) and the title "Maphrian and Catholicos of the East".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The only maphrian worthy of being specially mentioned as the celebrated Gregory Abulfaradj, surnamed Bar Hebraeus (d. 1286), the most highly cultured man of his age.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The secondary, though honorable, place is filled by the maphrian, who, in his station at Mosul itself, defies the Nestorian catholic with whom he contests the primacy of the East.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

The secondary, though honorable, place is filled by the _maphrian_, who, in his station at Mosul itself, defies the Nestorian _catholic_ with whom he contests the primacy of the East.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

Under the patriarch and the maphrian, one hundred and fifty archbishops and bishops have been counted in the different ages of the Jacobite church; but the order of the hierarchy is relaxed or dissolved, and the greater part of their dioceses is confined to the neighborhood of the

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

Under the patriarch and the maphrian, one hundred and fifty archbishops and bishops have been counted in the different ages of the Jacobite church; but the order of the hierarchy is relaxed or dissolved, and the greater part of their dioceses is confined to the neighborhood of the Euphrates and the Tigris.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765