Nestorian Missionary Enterprise : : The Story of a Church on Fire /

Nestorian Missionary Enterprise : : The Story of a Church on Fire / / John Stewart.

Consistently referenced as a reliable source on the "Nestorian" missionary movement, this historical account of that movement is a necessary volume for anyone interested in the missionary work of the Eastern Church. Stewart’s engaging account has remained fresh through the years and remain...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Stewart, John,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Christianity in the Islamic World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (388 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • DEDICATED TO
  • FOREWORD
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I . THE CHURCH IN PERSIA ; ITS MISSIONARY CENTRE
  • II. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN NESTORIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITY. PERSECUTION - MONASTIC BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOLS
  • III. NESTORIANISM IN ARABIA
  • IV. EXPANSION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ASIA
  • V. SYRIAN CHRISTIANS OF SOUTH WEST INDIA
  • VI. NESTORIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN FURTHER ASIA
  • VII. NESTORIAN SINO-SYRIAC MONUMENT AT HSI-AN-FU AND THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA AND JAPAN
  • VIII. SEMIRYECHENSK CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
  • IX. FACTORS IN NESTORIAN DECADENCE. PERSECUTION - DECEPTION - COMPROMISE
  • X. ADDITIONAL FACTORS IN NESTORIAN DECADENCE. EXTERMINATION BY MONGOLS AND TAMERLANE - ABSORPTION BY ROMAN CATHOLICISM
  • XI. BY-PRODUCTS OF NESTORIANISM
  • XII. PRESENT CONDITIONS. CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX A. THE NAME
  • APPENDIX B. THE BIBLE OF THE NESTORIANS AND THE SPREAD OF ALPHABETIC WRITING AND CULTURE
  • APPENDIX C. THE JACOBITES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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