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'''Chaldean Christians''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: <big>ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ</big> ({{IPAc-en|icon|k|ʌ|l|d|aː|i|e}}), are ethnic [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people|Assyrian]] adherents of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], most of whom entered communication with the [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] from the [[Church of the East]] in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref name='BBC'>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7271828.stm |title=Who are the Chaldean Christians? |author=BBC NEWS |date=March 13, 2008 |work= |publisher=BBC NEWS |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref> In addition to their homeland, migrant Chaldean Catholic communities are found in the [[United States]], [[Sweden]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].<ref name='Iraq'>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|authors=Edmund Ghareeb, Beth Dougherty|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2004|isbn=9780810843301|page=56|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uIyjeUAR5zYC}}</ref>
'''Chaldean Christians''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: <big>ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ</big> ({{IPAc-en|icon|k|ʌ|l|d|aː|i|e}}), are ethnic [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people|Assyrian]] adherents of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], most of whom entered communication with the [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] from the [[Church of the East]] in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref name='BBC'>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7271828.stm |title=Who are the Chaldean Christians? |author=BBC NEWS |date=March 13, 2008 |work= |publisher=BBC NEWS |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref> In addition to their homeland, migrant Chaldean Catholic communities are found in the [[United States]], [[Sweden]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].<ref name='Iraq'>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|authors=Edmund Ghareeb, Beth Dougherty|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2004|isbn=9780810843301|page=56|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uIyjeUAR5zYC}}</ref>


Geographically, the Chaldeans originate from central and southern [[Assyria]], the [[Nineveh plains]]<ref>http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.1271835942</ref>, where the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capitals of [[Nineveh]] and [[Nimrud]] are located.<ref name="Chaldeans from central Assyria">{{cite web |title=ASSYRIAN IDENTITY IN ANCIENT TIMES AND TODAY |url=http://www.aina.org/articles/assyrianidentity.pdf |quote=...many modern Assyrians originating from central Assyria now identify with "Chaldeans"...}}</ref>
Geographically, the Chaldeans originate from central and southern [[Assyria]], the [[Nineveh plains]]<ref>http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.1271835942</ref>, where the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capitals of [[Nineveh]] and [[Nimrud]] are located.<ref name="Chaldeans from central Assyria">{{cite web |title=ASSYRIAN IDENTITY IN ANCIENT TIMES AND TODAY |url=http://www.aina.org/articles/assyrianidentity.pdf |quote=...many modern Assyrians originating from central Assyria now identify with "Chaldeans"...}}</ref>

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Chaldean Christians
(ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹܐ Kaldāye)
Chaldean Catholics from Mardin, 19th century.
Regions with significant populations
 Iraq550,000
 Syria40,000
 Iran20,000
 Turkey8,000
Religions
Syriac Christianity (in union with Rome)
Scriptures
The Bible
Languages
Syriac[1]

Chaldean Christians (Syriac: ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ (/[invalid input: 'icon']kʌldɑːi[invalid input: 'e']/), are ethnic Assyrian adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church, most of whom entered communication with the Catholic Church from the Church of the East in the 17th and 18th centuries.[2] In addition to their homeland, migrant Chaldean Catholic communities are found in the United States, Sweden, Germany, France, Canada and Australia.[3]

Geographically, the Chaldeans originate from central and southern Assyria, the Nineveh plains[4], where the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capitals of Nineveh and Nimrud are located.[5]

Chaldean Christians shouldn't be confused with the Christians of St. Thomas of India (also called the Chaldean Syrian Church), who are also sometimes known as "Chaldean Christians" but are ethnically Nasrani (speakers of Malayalam).

Chaldeans in Iraq and Turkey

The 1896 Statistics of the Chaldean Catholics[6] counted 233 parishes and 177 churches or chapels. The Chaldean Catholic clergy numbered 248 priests; they were assisted by the religious of the Congregation of St. Hormizd (Rabban-Hormizd) who numbered about one hundred. There were about 52 Chaldean schools (not counting those conducted by Latin nuns and missionaries). At Mosul there was a patriarchal seminary, distinct from the Chaldean seminary directed by the Dominicans. The total number of the Chaldean Christians is nearly 1.4 million, 78,000 of whom are in the Diocese of Mosul.

The patriarch considers Baghdad as the principal city of his see. His title of "Patriarch of Babylon" results from the identification of Baghdad with ancient Babylon (Baghdad is 55 miles north of the ancient city of Babylon and corresponds to northern Babylonia). However, the Chaldean patriarch resides habitually at Mosul and reserves for himself the direct administration of this diocese and that of Baghdad. There are five archbishops (resident respectively at Basra, Diyarbakır, Kirkuk, Salmas and Urmia) and seven bishops. Eight patriarchal vicars govern the small Chaldean communities dispersed throughout Turkey and Persia. The Chaldean clergy, especially the monks of Rabban-Hormizd, have established some missionary stations in the mountain districts inhabited by Nestorians. Three dioceses are in Persia, the others in Turkey.

The liturgical language of the Chaldean Catholic Church is Syriac an Neo-Aramaic dialect. The liturgy of the Chaldean Church is written in Syriac alphabet.

The literary revival in the early 20th century was mostly due to the Lazarist, Pere Bedjan, a Persian Chaldean Catholic, who devoted much industry and learning to popularizing among his people, including Catholics, Orthodox Christians and the Assyrian Church, their ancient chronicles, the lives of Assyrian saints and martyrs, even works of the ancient Assyrian doctors.[7]

In mid-March 2008, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul was found dead, having been kidnapped two weeks earlier. Pope Benedict XVI condemned his death, by saying it was an act of inhuman violence. Sunni and Shia Muslims also expressed their condemnation.[8]

Chaldean Catholics today number approximately 550,000 of Iraq's estimated 800,000 Assyrian Christians.[2] Perhaps the best known Iraqi Chaldean Catholic is former Iraqi deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz (real name Michael Youhanna).[2]

Predominantly Chaldean catholic towns in Iraq

107 year old Chaldean man from Mosul, Iraq, 1895

See also


References

  1. ^ http://www.cnewa.us/default.aspx?ID=59&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=US&pageno=1
  2. ^ a b c BBC NEWS (March 13, 2008). "Who are the Chaldean Christians?". BBC NEWS. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  3. ^ Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. 2004. p. 56. ISBN 9780810843301. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.1271835942
  5. ^ "ASSYRIAN IDENTITY IN ANCIENT TIMES AND TODAY" (PDF). ...many modern Assyrians originating from central Assyria now identify with "Chaldeans"...
  6. ^ by Mgr. George 'Abdisho' Khayyath to the Abbé Chabot (Revue de l'Orient Chrétien, I, no. 4)
  7. ^ "New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia".
  8. ^ "Iraqi archbishop death condemned". BBC News. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2009-12-31. from BBC News

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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