Theodore abu qurrah biography sampler

9th-century Melkite bishop and theologian

Theodore Abū Qurrah (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ἀβουκάρας, romanized: Theodoros Aboukaras; Arabic: تواضروس أبو قرة, romanized: Tawadrūs Abū Qurrah; c. 750 – c. 825^[1]) was a 9th-century Melkite bishop and theologian^[1] who lived in the early Islamic period.

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Biography

Theodore was born around 750 in the city of Edessa (Şanlıurfa), in northern Mesopotamia (Urfa, Turkey), and was the ChalcedonianBishop of the nearby city of Harran until some point during the archbishopric of Theodoret of Antioch (795–812).

Michael the Syrian, who disapproved of Theodore, later claimed that the archbishop had deposed Theodore for heresy,^[2] although this is unlikely. While it has been suggested that Theodore was a monk at the monastery of Mar Saba, there is little evidence for that.^[3] It is known for certain, however, that between 813 and 817 he debated with the Mo