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Research atlas for early Christianity. Claims are tagged attested, traditional, or disputed. Copyrighted full texts, including CCEL editions, are not included.

DeChurched Atlas

Texts

surviving

Nestorius, Book (Bazaar) of Heracleides

c. 450 · Syriac (from Greek)

Groups: Church of the East (so-called "Nestorians")

Nestorius' own defence, written in exile and hidden under a pseudonym. It was rediscovered in 1889 in a manuscript at the Church of the East patriarchate (Qudshanis), and modern copies survive. The original manuscript is reported lost in the First World War.

Where the manuscripts are now

  • Modern copies (late 19th c.) of the Qudshanis manuscript, various

    Original reported lost c. 1915

Sources

G. R. Driver and L. Hodgson 1925. Public domain in the USA (published 1925)

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