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[German Version] from Gk ἀ (negation), φθείρω/ ptheirō, "perish, decay" and δοκέω/ dokeō, "appear." From c. 518 onwards, the Aphthartodocetae (Lat. incorrupticolae) differed from the Monophysites in asserting that Christ's body was eternally incorruptible. Until the end of the 6th century, their sphere of influence embraced Syria and Egypt, as well as Armenia until the …

[German Version] , lit. “sayings” or “aphorisms of the Fathers,” derived from the verb ἀπό + φθέγγω ( apó + phthéngō) “making a sound.” The collections of these sayings belong to a literary genre that grew out of the experiences of eremitic existence in the desert. They flourished first in the Greek and Latin-speaking areas of the 4th century and then in all languages of the Christian Orient as far as Sog…

series of articles that covers Irano-Armenian relations in pre-modern times.A version of this article is available in printVolume II, Fascicle 4-5, pp. 417-478See also: ARMENIANS IN MODERN IRAN.i. Armina, Achaemenid provinceArmina is named as a province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid empire; the inhabitants are called Arminiya- “Armenian.” As a by-form of the country’s name, the form Arminiya-, is attested six times in DB 2.33-63, but only in the locative form Arminiyaiy (on this word see R. Schmitt, Acta Antiqua 25, 1977, p. 96 n. 16). Armina is the source of Greek Arménioi “Armen…