FWIW I was never taught he was God only the son of God. Part of the Deity - yes he may be a god but not God.
The life of Christ was apparently described to Central Asians by the Nestorians and other Christians and they adopted it to Issa This makes a lot more sense. Christians did make it to Central Asia. Notovitch was writing almost 1900 years after the Lord's birth. The Gospels were writen by His contemporaries.
FWIW I was never taught he was God only the son of God. Part of the Deity - yes he may be a god but not God.
The Divinity of Christ (most Protestants hold this view also)