Synodicon Orientale

[1] Only minor editorial revision is present with respect to anachronistic ecclesiastical titles, in a fashion that does not impact the historical reliability of the text.

[4] The project that resulted in the collection of the Great Synodicon "points to the wish for a comprehensive, encyclopaedic assemblage of authoritative statements by the catholicoi of the past that could be invoked in current debates.

"[3] The chronological arrangement of the materials provides an impression of the progressive recognition of the authority of the current collectors and church, and reflects a substantial library with which would have been needed in order to produce the text.

The Synodicon was compiled alongside a law code going back to the time of Aba, entitled the "Ṭaksē d-dēne ʿtānāye wad-yārtāwaṯā" (ܛܟܣܹ̈ܐ ܕܕܝ̈ܢܹܐ ܥܹܕܬܵܢܝܹܐ ܘܕܝܪ̈ܬܿܘܵܬܵܐ) ("Orders of Ecclesiastical Judgments and Inheritances").

The collection of the Synodicon also initiated a textual tradition that pointed towards the catholicosate as a site of authoritative lawmaking for all Christians, and would result in the production of other works such as the Chronicles of Seert.