c. AD 306 – 373
Ephrem the Syrian
The greatest Syriac writer, and evidence that early Christian theology was not only Greek and Latin.
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- Location
- Nisibis and Edessa, Syriac-speaking Mesopotamia
- Role
- Deacon, poet and Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- Hymns on Faith; Hymns on the Nativity
- Commentary on the Diatessaron
- Teachings
- Theology expressed through poetry and symbol rather than definition
- Strong eucharistic and Marian imagery
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He represents a Semitic Christianity in close cultural continuity with the world of the New Testament.
Quotations with references
“In your bread there is hidden the Spirit who is not consumed.”
Sources and References
- Ephrem, selected hymnsnewadvent.org