Book of Questions

The book contains the first three volumes of Gregory of Tatev’s voluminous comprehensive work that is the sum of Armenian philosophical, theological, and physical thought, similar to monumental works by Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, and other great thinkers of the Middle Ages. Here the author discusses the teachings and positions of the Armenian Church, as well as the fundaments of Christianity, refuting diverse Christian teachings, sects, schisms, and heretical movements; and providing substantial answers regarding fundamental contradictions that existed between official teachings, churches, and faiths.

The Book of Questions of the Armenian theologian Gregoy of Tatev (1344 1409) is the summa theologica of the Armenian Apostolic Church. There, the theologian examins Islam, Catholicism, Judaism, and many heresies and schisms, and attempts to redefine the cornerstone of Armenian orthodox teaching, based on the first three Councils of Nicea, Constantinople, and Ephesus the belief in one Godhead with three countenances. These are God the Father uncreated, not born, and without beginning; God the Son begotten of the Father; and the Holy Spirit as proceeding from the Father. Also discussed is the belief that Jesus Christ, the incarnate God the Word, is perfect God and perfect man in spirit, in mind, and in body, one person, one countenance, and one united nature, and that God became man without change and without any alteration, with no beginning to his divinity and no end to his manhood.