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nestorian
adj 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
dated
VERB + NESTORIAN
called
NESTORIAN + NOUN
781ad, monophysite, stele
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adj
1
Relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.
A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.
Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Nestorian clerics who founded Christian monasteries even in remote Tibet.
noun
1
A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a Nestorian church.
After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he "knew nothing" of Nestorius.
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A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.
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Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Ne
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After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he "knew nothing" of Nestorius.
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