Download or read book Explanation on the Faith of the Armenian Church written by Nerses IV, Catholicos of Armenia and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1166, the Eastern Roman Emperor Manuel I made a request of the head of the Armenian church to compose a short explanation to the history and constitution of their church structure, so that it might remain independent from the Imperial church in Asia Minor. The result of that request is this document, composed by the the contemporary Catholicos of All Armenian, Nerses IV, who explained the unique features of Armenian liturgy and ecclesiology, and how it differed from the more familiar Greek and Latin traditions.