The Church of the East: A Concise History

ISBN-13: 9780415600217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 204 str.

Wilhelm Baum;Dietmar W. Winkler;¬Abar

Opis

This is a history of the Syriac Church of the East. While the Arabs conquered the Middle East in the 7th century, the East Syriac missionaries had reached the court of the Emperor of China, and in the European Middle Ages the Church of the East was larger than the Roman Catholic Church.

Spis treści

The 'Apostolic Church of the East': A Brief Introduction to the Writing of Church History and to Terminology  1. The Age of the Sassanians (Until 651)  2. The Age of the Arabs (650-1258)  3. The Age of the Mongols (13th and 14th Centuries)  4. The Age of the Ottomans (15th to 19th Centuries)  5. The Twentieth Century  6. Language and Literature of the Church of the East