Letter to Maris the Persian
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Letter to Maris the Persian is a controversial 5th-century theological letter attributed to Ibas of Edessa that played a key role in the Christological disputes surrounding the Council of Chalcedon and the later Three Chapters controversy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Letter to Maris the Persian canonical | 1 |
| the letter of Ibas of Edessa to Maris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11155653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter to Maris the Persian Context triple: [Ibas of Edessa, notableWork, Letter to Maris the Persian]
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A.
The Persian Sage
The Persian Sage is the honorific title of Aphrahat, a 4th-century Syriac Christian writer known for his influential theological and ascetic homilies.
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B.
Sublime State of Persia
The Sublime State of Persia was the official name of Iran during the Qajar dynasty, a centralized monarchy that ruled from the late 18th to the early 20th century before modern reforms and state rebranding.
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C.
Dialogues with a Persian
Dialogues with a Persian is a late 14th-century theological and philosophical dialogue in which Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos debates a learned Persian about Christianity, Islam, and the nature of faith and reason.
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D.
Bandari Persian
Bandari Persian is a regional variety of the Persian language spoken in southern coastal Iran, particularly influenced by maritime trade and contact with Arabic and other languages.
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E.
The Triumph of Mardochai
The Triumph of Mardochai is an 18th-century history painting by French artist Jean-François de Troy depicting the biblical triumph of Mordecai from the Book of Esther.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter to Maris the Persian Target entity description: Letter to Maris the Persian is a controversial 5th-century theological letter attributed to Ibas of Edessa that played a key role in the Christological disputes surrounding the Council of Chalcedon and the later Three Chapters controversy.
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A.
The Persian Sage
The Persian Sage is the honorific title of Aphrahat, a 4th-century Syriac Christian writer known for his influential theological and ascetic homilies.
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B.
Sublime State of Persia
The Sublime State of Persia was the official name of Iran during the Qajar dynasty, a centralized monarchy that ruled from the late 18th to the early 20th century before modern reforms and state rebranding.
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C.
Dialogues with a Persian
Dialogues with a Persian is a late 14th-century theological and philosophical dialogue in which Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos debates a learned Persian about Christianity, Islam, and the nature of faith and reason.
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D.
Bandari Persian
Bandari Persian is a regional variety of the Persian language spoken in southern coastal Iran, particularly influenced by maritime trade and contact with Arabic and other languages.
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E.
The Triumph of Mardochai
The Triumph of Mardochai is an 18th-century history painting by French artist Jean-François de Troy depicting the biblical triumph of Mordecai from the Book of Esther.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century document
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Christian text ⓘ theological letter ⓘ |
| associatedWithControversy |
Nestorian controversy
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Three Chapters controversy ⓘ |
| associatedWithCouncil | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Maris the Persian ⓘ |
| associatedWithSee | Edessa ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Ibas of Edessa ⓘ |
| citedBy |
opponents of the Three Chapters
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proponents of the Three Chapters ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Second Council of Constantinople ⓘ |
| condemnedInYear | 553 ⓘ |
| consideredEvidenceFor | alleged Nestorian sympathies of Ibas ⓘ |
| consideredIn | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| discussesEvent |
Council of Ephesus (431)
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linked to:
Council of Ephesus
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| discussesPerson |
Cyril of Alexandria
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John of Antioch ⓘ Nestorius ⓘ |
| evaluatedByCouncil | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Edessa ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | 5th century ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalPosition |
critical of Cyril of Alexandria
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supportive of the Antiochene Christological tradition ⓘ |
| hasGenre | epistolary ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
defense of Ibas’s Christological stance
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evaluation of Cyril of Alexandria’s theology ⓘ nature and person of Christ ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Greek
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Syriac ⓘ |
| hasOriginalAudience | Maris, a Persian bishop or cleric ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalFocus | Christology ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
post-Ephesus Christological disputes
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pre-Chalcedonian theological conflicts ⓘ |
| includedInDossier | Three Chapters ⓘ |
| influenced | later evaluations of Ibas’s orthodoxy ⓘ |
| judgedOrthodoxBy | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia
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writings of Theodoret of Cyrrhus ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Greek translation ⓘ |
| questionedAttribute | authorship by Ibas of Edessa ⓘ |
| readAtCouncil | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| status | controversial ⓘ |
| transmittedIn |
Acts of the Council of Chalcedon
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linked to:
Council of Chalcedon
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| usedAsEvidenceIn |
debates over the Three Chapters
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investigation of Ibas at Chalcedon ⓘ |
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Subject: Letter to Maris the Persian Description of subject: Letter to Maris the Persian is a controversial 5th-century theological letter attributed to Ibas of Edessa that played a key role in the Christological disputes surrounding the Council of Chalcedon and the later Three Chapters controversy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Edict of Justinian I against the Three Chapters
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condemns
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the letter of Ibas of Edessa to Maris
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subject linked to:
edict of Justinian I against the Three Chapters
linked to: Letter to Maris the Persian