| Church of the East in Sichuan | |
|---|---|
| 四川景教 | |
| Type | Eastern Christian |
| Orientation | Syriac Christianity |
| Scripture | Syriac Bible |
| Theology | East Syriac theology: dyophysite doctrine of Theodore of Mopsuestia (wrongly referred as Nestorianism) |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Region | Tang-era Yizhou Yuan-era Sichuan |
| Language | Syriac Old Sichuanese |
| Liturgy | East Syriac Rite |
| Origin | 7th century |
| Branched from | Church of the East |
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The exact date of the entry of the Syriac Church of the East (or "Nestorian Church") into modern-day Sichuan province is not clear, but probably occurred in the 7th century not long after the arrival of Alopen in the Tang capital Chang'an in 635. The provincial capital Chengdu is the only inland city in the southwest where a Christian presence can be confirmed in the time of the Tang dynasty (618–907).[1] Two monasteries have also been located in Chengdu and Mount Omei.[2] David Crockett Graham noted that Marco Polo found East Syriac monasteries in Sichuan and Yunnan in the 13th century.[3]
- ^ Li & Winkler 2016, p. 261.
- ^ Baumer 2016, p. 183.
- ^ Graham 1961, p. 63.