The Church of the East : : an illustrated history of Assyrian Christianity /

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 1784536830 (hardcover); 9781784536831 (hardcover)
• Title: The Church of the East : : an illustrated history of Assyrian Christianity /
• Edition: New edition.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: London ; : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
• Publication Date: 2016.
• Extent: 342 pages : ; 30 cm.
• Contributor: Christoph Baumer ; [translated by Miranda G. Henry].
• Place of Publication (Country Code): aw-----
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Text Lang. Code: ger
• NDC 10th ed.: 198.18 : Denominations of Christian churches
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): Foreword / His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch of the Church of the East -- I. Introduction : A first glance at the history of the Assyrian Church of the East -- Spiritual aspects -- The term "Nestorian" -- II. The beginnings of East Syrian Christianity : -- The political and religious situation on both sides of the Euphrates : Partia: empire to the east of the Euphrates ; Rome: empire to the west of the Euphrates ; Paul in Antioch and the broadening of paleo-Christianity -- Christianity crosses the Euphrates : The traditions of Mar Thoma, Mar Addai and Mar Aggai, and the correspondence of King Abgar of Edessa with Jesus Christ ; Mar Mari and the first missionary journey to the Parthian Empire -- The Thomas Christians of South India -- III. From diversity to unity: church fathers and heretics : -- The concept of the Trinity and the question of the nature of Christ : Jesus is foremost man, not God ; Jesus is foremost God, not man -- Christianity becomes the Roman state Church -- The foundations of East Syrian theology : The Church Fathers Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia -- Nestorius and the Council of Ephesus : Nestorius as patriarch of Constantinople ; The theological dispute with Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria ; Nestorius's removal as patriarch -- IV. The loss of Christian ecumene : The Council of Chalcedon -- Intra-Byzantine debates over belief and their effects on the Church of the East -- The Peshitta Bible, the common tie between the Syrian Churches -- V. The patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon : -- The political and religious situation under the early Sassinians -- Zoroastrianism in the Sassanian Empire -- A century-long martyrdom from 340 to 457 and the first creation of an ecclesiastical hierarchy -- The organization of the Church of the East -- The final declaration of independence of the Church of the East -- The confession of Dyophysite Christology and the dispute with the Miaphysite Jacobites -- Crisis and renewal in the Church of the East between 450 and 650 -- The emergence of the Syrian Orthodox, Jacobite Church -- VI. Aspects of East Syrian theology and spirituality : -- The dispute with Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism : A Zoroastrian apology ; Mani: the self-proclaimed Paraclete ; East Syrian monasticism and the Manichaean electi -- The goodness of human nature and the question of original sin -- Jesus Christ as the Second Adam, the Tree of Life and the cross of the Resurrection -- The sacraments in the Church of the East -- Church architecture and liturgy: symbols in space and time -- Monasticism and acesticism -- East Syrian mysticism, exemplified by John of Dalyatha -- VII. Christians under Islamic Rule : -- Christians in the Persian Gulf region and in Arabia : Christianity becomes the state religion in southern Arabia ; The loss of the Arabian dioceses -- Between tolerance and oppression: Christians as second-class citizens -- The heyday of the Church of the East under Patriarch Timothy I -- In the maelstrom of politics -- The preservation of ancient heritage -- The Church of the East and Islam -- Is the Church of the East aniconic? -- VIII. The mission to the East : Nestorians along the Silk Road of Central Asia : Sogdia and the Land of Seven Rivers ; Tibet ; Eastern Turkistan -- Bishop Alopen brings the radiant religion to China -- A dialogue with Buddhism and Taoism: between orthodoxy and syncretism -- IX. The period of the Mongols : -- Shamanism and religious syncretism among the Turko-Mongolian peoples -- Nestorian Turkic and Mongol peoples : The Keriat ; The Oirat, Merkit and Manchurians ; The Öngüt ; The Naiman, Uigurs and Tangut ; The Nestorian Küchlüg and the Turkic tribes of present Kyrgyzstan -- The myth of Prester John and the encounter of Catholic monks with Nestorians in Mongolia -- Nestorian Mongol princesses and high-ranking Nestorian dignitaries -- Cross and lotus: a synthesis of Christian and Buddhist symbolism on the eastern coast of China -- A final flourishing under the Mongol Il-Khans of Iran -- The chance for an alliance between the Mongol Il-Khanate and Europe -- Rabban Bar Sauma and Rabban Markos: Nestorian "Marco Polos" from Asia -- The ravages of Tamerlane and the retreat to the mountains of Kurdistan -- X. The Thomas Christians of South India : -- The East Syrian community on the Malabar Coast -- The forced conversion of Nestorians to Catholicism -- The revolt of the Thomas Christians at the Cross of Koonan -- The rebuilding of the Church of the East in India -- XI. The period of trials and divisions : -- The first Chaldean Church: a union with Rome -- Patriarchs and anti-patriarchs -- The political situation in the Ottoman Empire and the Chaldean Catholic Church until the twentieth century -- Catholic, Russian Orthodox and Protestant missionaries -- The genocide of 1915-1918 -- Hopes betrayed -- Why did the Church of the East collapse? -- XII. The Renaissance of the Assyrian Church of the East : -- Rebuilding in exile -- Assyrian Christians in the twenty-first century: a brief overview -- The identity of the Church of the East -- Ecumenical dialogue -- The relevance of the Church of the East and its theology -- XIII. Recent archaeological discoveries, and ecclesiastical and political developments : Recent archaeological discoveries -- Recent development within the Church of the East -- Recent political developments in Iraq and the plight of the Christians -- Annexes : -- The most important Eastern churches -- The Oriental churches of India -- Patriarchs of the Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church -- The Sassanian Dynasty (224-561) -- Arab and Muslim dynasties -- The House of Toghril, Khan of the Kerait -- The House of Genghis Khan -- The Il-Khans of Iran -- The Archdioceses and Dioceses of the Assyrian Church of the East in 2016 -- The Holy Synod as per April 2016.; Color maps on lining papers.
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• Holding library: 東京都立中央図書館
• Note (Library): 所蔵場所 : 3FC開; 301
• Call No.: 198.1-B34-C
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• Bibliographic ID (SomokuID): 1352025845; 7108982295
• OCLC No.: (OCoLC)959328756; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/(OCoLC)959328756