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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.

Texts

surviving

Xi'an Stele ("Stele of the Diffusion of the Luminous Religion of Daqin in the Middle Kingdom")

781 · Chinese and Syriac

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

A stone stele about 2.8 m tall, rediscovered around 1625.

Where the manuscripts are now

  • Beilin (Forest of Steles) Museum, Xi'an, China

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Sources

James Legge 1888. Public domain

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