Doctrine that in Our Lord there were two Persons,
one of the Divine Word, the other of the Man Jesus; the former dwelling in
the latter as in a Temple, or uniting with the latter "as fire with iron."
Nestorin, the term used by Polo, is almost a literal transcript of the
Arab form Nasturi. A notice of the Metropolitan sees, with a map, will
be found in Cathay, p. ccxliv.
Jathalik, written in our text (from G. T.) Jatolic, by Fr. Burchard
and Ricold Jaselic, stands for [Greek: Katholikos]. No doubt it was
originally Gathalik, but altered in pronunciation by the Arabs. The term
was applied by Nestorians to their Patriarch; among the Jacobites to the
Mafrian or Metropolitan. The Nestorian Patriarch at this time resided at
Baghdad. (Assemani, vol. iii. pt. 2; Per. Quat. 91, 127.)
The Jacobites, or Jacobins, as they are called by writers of that age (Ar.
Ya'ubkiy), received their name from Jacob Baradaeus or James Zanzale,
Bishop of Edessa (so called, Mas'udi says, because he was a maker of
barda'at or saddle-cloths), who gave a great impulse to their doctrine
in the 6th century. [At some time between the years 541 and 578, he
separated from the Church and became a follower of the doctrine of
Eutyches.
