Timothy II (Catholicos)

Timotheos II. († around 1332 ) was Catholicos Patriarch of the East Syrian Church of the East .

He initially worked under the name of Joseph as Bishop of Mosul and was elected and consecrated Catholicos in 1318. When he ascended the throne, he held a synod , the resolutions of which have been preserved. His main work "On the seven reasons of the ecclesiastical secrets" is a comprehensive explanation of the sacramental celebrations in the East Syrian rite .

Timotheus is perhaps the author of the account of Rabban Bar Sauma's trip to Europe.

literature

• Paul Blaize Kadicheeni: The mystery of baptism in the book "The seven mysteries of the church" by Timothy II, Nestorian Patriarch 1318-1332. St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, Kottayam, Kerala, India 2014. ( Online )
• J. Kochuparambil: The Mystery of the Eucharist: Syriac Critical Text, Translation and Studies of the Chapter "On the Mysteries of the Body and Blood" from the "Book of the Seven Causes of the Mysteries of the Church" by Catholicos-Patriarch Timothy II (1318-1332) , Excerpta ex Dissertatione ad Doctoratum, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome 2000.
• W. Toma, Mystery of the Church. Syriac Critical Edition and Translation of the Rite of Consecration of the Altar with Oil and the Chapter "On the Consecration of the Church" by Patriarch Timothy II (1318–1332) , Dissertation, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome 2007.
• Anton Baumstark: History of Syrian Literature. Bonn 1922, p. 325.
• H. Murre-van den Berg: The Church of the East in the Mongol period . In: R. Malek: Jingjiao: The Church of the East in China and Central Asia . Sankt Augustin 2006, 377–394.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jab-Alaha III. bar Turkaje	Catholicos Patriarch of the “Church of the East” 1318–1332	Dincha II. Karemles