Christian History & Ideas: The Church Of The East In The East (episode 21)

Dr. Nirmal Dass and John Coleman discuss the early Church in the East. Special attention is given to the interaction between various cultures.

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Below are links to the images discussed in this show.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1919-0101-0-48 This is the earliest known image of Christ in the east, painted on silk.

https://mediaevalmusings.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/buddhas_of_bamiyan_in_19_century.jpg Buddhas depicted as philosophers, destroyed by Isis.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/f8/bc/4ff8bc5aedff33223c7b8dfe35f49b88.jpg This is the image from the monastery depicting Palm Sunday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murals_from_the_Nestorian_temple_at_Qocho#/media/File:A_Female_Nestorian_Christian_is_Praying_for_Repentance.jpg A female Nestorian in prayer.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Entry_of_Jesus_Christ_into_Jerusalem%2C_with_a_Female_Figure_in_T%27ang_Costume%2C_Chotscho%2C_Sinkiang.jpg  A rendition of an image of Christ entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.