Nestorian Missionary Enterprise: The Story of a Church on Fire

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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