Isma’ili Thesis on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
Isma’ili Thesis on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

Simonetta Calderini

دوره 7، شماره 2 ، آذر 1388، ، صفحه 65-76

چکیده
  Though it is widely assumed that Sunni Islam does not have an equivalent to the Christian ecclesiastical hierarchy, Shii groups such as the Medieval Ismailis did have an organised teaching, spiritual, and temporal hierarchy. Evidence gathered from primary sources shows that this Ismaili 'ecclesiastical' hierarchy is strictly intertwined with the Ismaili interpretation ...  بیشتر