MARONITES

The followers of Maro, inhabitants of the mountains Libanus and Anti lib an us in Syria, who adopted in the 7th century the opinions of the Monothelites; they continued to form a separate sect until the 12th century, when they became reconciled to the see of Rome. The Maronite writers, however, have always maintained their freedom from the errors imputed to them, and declare themselves to have been uniformly attached to the doctrines of the Catholic church. {See MoNOTHELiTES. {Moshetm, transl., ed. 1790, ii. 1C6.) [s. 729]