JACOBITE

[s. 358] : A name given to the Monophysite churches of the East, especially the Syrians residing in Northern Syria, Southern Asia Minor, and Me so pot am i a. Their principal headquarters are They at Mosul, Diarbekir, Maadan, and Aleppo. Other imp or have also a bishop at Jerusalem. tant centers are Oorfa, Mardin, Jazireh, and a They district of Jebel Tour, east of Diarbekir. have found it difficult in many places to cope with the aggre ive influences of the Roman Catholics, who have sent large numbers of monks to establish themselves especially in Me so pot am i a, in the cities of Mardin and Mosul, and, having enticed many of the priests, have succeeded also in forcing the congregations to follow them by refusing any of the sacraments except as they adopted the Roman Catholic faith. Protestant mi ion work among the Jacobites has been somewhat succe ful, especially as car The ried on from Mardin, Diarbekir, and Mosul. relations between the Jacobite leaders and the American mi ionaries have been quite cordial, and the constant effort to come into pleasant relations with them has been productive of good The larger part of the Protestant com results. munities of Mardin, Jebel Tour, and the villages about Diarbekir are made up from the Jacobite communities. 358