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| | Nestorian Patriarchs |
 | | For example, Mar Shimun Bar Sabbai; served on the Patriarchal See; according to the Book of Marganitha, from the year 320—330, according to Amro, from 326-344, according to Patros, from 328-339, according to Tupankchi, from 323—341, according to Wigram, 328—340, according to Shamasha Gewargis Malik, unil 341, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Chronology, 332—339. |
 | | This is especially true of Babylon, namely, the twin cities of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and the Persian Empire as a whole. |
 | | True, for several centuries, the theory that Mar Patros speaks metaphorically of Babylon when he actually means Rome, has been held by Christians in the West, and has also permeated in various forms among most of the eastern Churches, yet the fact is that this theory is not supported by any historical evidence whatsoever. |
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