What happened to China's early Christians and why did the Nestorian doctrine die out?
What happened to China's early Christians and why did the Nestorian doctrine die out?
- For the next two centuries, Nestorian Christianity, known as Jing Jiao (“Resplendent Religion”) in Chinese, spread within the empire, with churches in cities as far apart as Lingwu (in present-day Ningxia), Chengdu and Guangzhou. There are even records of Emperor Xuanzong (Emperor Taizong's ...
- For the next two centuries, Nestorian Christianity, known as Jing Jiao (“Resplendent Religion”) in Chinese, spread within the empire, with churches in cities as far apart as Lingwu (in present-day Ningxia), Chengdu and Guangzhou. There are even records of Emperor Xuanzong (Emperor Taizong's ...