The Significance of Tinnis as a Prominent Christian Center. | ||||
| International Journal of Heritage and Museum Studies | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, October 2022, Page 60-80 PDF (1.85 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Academic peer-reviewed articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijhms.2022.429607 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| This paper aims to highlight the significant religious status of Tinnis as a prominent Christian hub .Tinnis is an island located in Lake Manzalah .The island houses an archaeological site known as“ Tell Tinnis ”,the ruins of the Islamic city“ Tinnis ”,which was once prosperous during the Middle Ages .Tinnis was a diocese“ ,the bishopric of Thennesus ”,under the Patriarchate of Alexandria .Classical sources and prior research focused on Tinnis in the Islamic Middle Ages ,and little is known about Tinnis as a Christian city .A theoretical descriptive approach has been applied to understand if Tinnis was religiously prominent .The study emphasized the Christian religious significance of Tinnis .It was represented at the councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon in the fifth century ,and it was depicted in the mosaics of the churches in Jordan ,and on medieval maps .Tinnis has been listed as one of the Catholic Church’s titular bishoprics since the nineteenth century. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Tinnis Island; Thennesus; Bishopric; Titular Bishop | ||||
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