The Rise and Fall of the Church of the East in China / Tranlsations of the Sutras by Eva Wong, Li Rong Rong and Martin Palmer.
Contents Text Introduction Origins of the Nestorian Church Rediscovery (Martin Palmer) The Church, the Tang Dynasty, and After The Missionary Jesus Sutras The Liturgical Sutras The Stone Sutra Reflection Bibliography Illustrations China Part of the Silk Roads Da Qin Pagoda (drawing) Tang Dynasty China Introduction The story of the mission of the Church of the East into China and its adaptation into an indigenous Church is a one of attachment of a faith to a culture and its authorities. To some extent this experience is a demonstration how a faith identifies and partly changes an...
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