Flittchen in edessa

Flittchen in edessa. Its theology conforms to the New Testament teachings, though there is an overemphasis on the efficacy of baptism.

The Doctrine of Addai which speaks of the work of Addai in Edessa leaves us in no doubt that Edessian Christianity was ascetically oriented.

It has often been held that the monastic movement in Mesopotamia originated as part of the general movement which started in Egypt under the influence of Anthony and Pachomius.