"Nestorians"? The Assyrian Church of the East, Its History and Theology to 500AD

A special thanks to Ambrose Meng for the Chinese voiceovers.

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FURTHER READING:

“The Church of the East” by Christopher Baumer and co-authored by the late Assyrian Catholicos Mar Dinkha IV, this work contains a good overview of the ACoE and has phenomenal images accompanying it. It is highly sympathetic to Mopsuestian Christology, though.

"The Martyred Church" by David Wilmshurst. Out of print but the best book on the history of the ACoE."The Lesser Eastern Churches" by Adrian Fortescu. Very much the product of early 20th century Catholic polemics, it gives a brief overview of the ACoE's history and liturgics in several dozen pages.

Text of Nestorian Steele: https://www.manichaeism.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Xian-Monument-5.11.2023.pdf

"The Doctrine of Addai": https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/doctrineofaddaia00phil/doctrineofaddaia00phil.pdf

"Acts of Mar Mari": https://malankaralibrary.com/ImageUpload/a986fd324fdb62a2eaa5121f6746ebba.pdf

Theodore of Mopsuestia, On the Incarnation 7
https://www.earlychurchtexts.com/public/theodore_of_mopsuestia_incarnation.html

Synod of Seleucia-Cteisiphon 410 (Synod of Mar Ishaq): https://www.fourthcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/thecouncilofmarishaq.pdfSynod of

Seleucia-Cteisiphon 420 (Synod of Yahbalaha): https://www.fourthcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/thecouncilofmaryahbalaha.pdf

Synod of Markebta in 424 (aka “Synod of Dadisho) translated by the late Assyrian priest and Chorepiscopos Fr. Michael J. Birne https://www.fourthcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/thesynodofmardadiso.pdf

The music clips are from the Assyrian Liturgy of Addai and Mari chanted by (Qasha) Fr. Alan Odisho and (Shamasha) Dn. Alan Oshana.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQSLGQ4pnw&list=RDNpQSLGQ4pnw&start_radio=1