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John II of the Sedre (Syriac:''Mor Yuhannon d'Sedraw'') was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 631 until his death in 648. ==Biography== John was a monk at Monastery of Ousebuna, between Antioch and Beroea, before becoming the secretary of Patriarch Athanasius I Gammolo of Antioch. In 628 John was dispatched to the court of the newly enthroned Kavadh II in Ctesiphon and was consecrated as patriarch three years later. John's reign as patriarch marked the transition from the Christian Byzantine Empire to the Muslim Rashidun Caliphate who would grant greater freedom to the Syriac Orthodox Church and even allow Jacobites to attain administrative roles. However, the Syriac Christian community soon came under scrutiny and John and five other bishops were summoned by the Emir Umayr ibn Sad al-Ansari of Emesa to engage in open debate regarding Christian faith and practice and represent the entire Christian community. The meeting is dated to Sunday 9th of May 638/644 and was recorded by Severus, one of the bishops who accompanied him, to allay fears of the patriarch's safety soon after the meeting. The Emir however, unconvinced by the patriarch demanded translations of the Gospels into Arabic to confirm John's beliefs, which according to the Chronicle of Michael the Syrian was the first translation of the Gospels into Arabic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John II of the Sedre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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