Copy of Stone Tablet

Copy of Stone Tablet

Tablets (Paleography); Church of the East monasticism and religious orders; Christianity; Missionaries

This is a copy of a stone tablet found in the Noyes Collection. It could have been supporting material for one of Henry's sermons describing the widespread proliferation of Christianity. The stone tablet is now housed in the Stele Forest or Beillin Museum in Xi'an, China. According to Columbia University, the stone tablet was found in 1625 and is in both Syriac and Chinese. It describes Nestorian Christian missions in China between the years 635 and 781. Nestorian Christianity argues that the divine and human natures of Christ are independent of one another.

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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection

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n.d.

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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eng (English); syr (Syriac); chi (B) (Chinese)

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noyes_c_misc_961

Tang Dynasty, 618-907

Copy of Stone Tablet at Sianfu, Shensi, China, Reporting the Introduction of Nestorian Christianity into China in 634, A. D

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