Stones indicate earlier Christian link? (Possible Christians in China in 1st Century AD)

China Daily ^ | 12/22/05 | Wang Shanshan

[wagglebee]

This has the potential to be an amazing discovery!

[wagglebee]

GGG ping!

[indcons]

Not surprising really.....Christianity reached India well before it reached Rome and Europe. China is next to India and I am not very surprised at this discovery.

[Tax-chick]

Wow, if he's correct, what a new perspective on early Christianity!

[socal_parrot]

World history could be rewritten

Too late.

[indcons]

http://members.tripod.com/~Berchmans/apostle.html

The testimonies of Eusebius (early 4th cent.) and St. Jerome (342-420 A.D.) about the mission of Pantaenus, a Christian philosopher sent by bishop Demetrius of Alexandria, "to preach Christ to the Brahmins and to the philosophers of India" in A.D. 190 affirms the tradition. The testimonies of the Fathers of the Church like St. Ephrem (306-373 A.D.), St. Gregory of Nazianze (324-390 A.D.), St. Ambrose (333-397 A.D.), St. Jerome, St. Gregory of Tours (6th cent.) and Isidore of Seville (7th cent.) are also notable. In various ways, they speak about the apostolate of St. Thomas, about the Christians of India, and about the priestly succession there. This is also attested to by several ecclesiastical calendars, martyrologies and other liturgical books of the Coptic, Greek, Latin and Mesopotamian Churches.

[starfish923]

This stone carving SURE looks like the typical nativity scene....on the far left side.
It would be one of the three pictures one would depict of the life of Jesus: His birth, His crucifixtion and His ascension into heaven.
WHAT an amazing discovery. I hope the Chinese don't "bury" it.

[Paul Ross]

Bump.

[ocr1]

ping

[AuH2ORepublican]

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[feedback doctor]

I remember reading a book in the 80's about the Bible and the Chinese language. The Chinese characters are very old. Take the word WEST. The Chinese character for that word are made up of the charcters that make the words "8 people in a boat" and the character for "perfection" is made up of the characters that are the words "lamb on a tree." The Chinese character for PARADISE is made of the charcters "2 people in a garden." I forget the name of the book, but it was a two word title with the second word being Genesis.

[Baraonda]

Amazing it is.

Merry Christmas.

[Revolting cat!]

(I'm sorry, but somebody had to do it.)

[Fedora]

Ping.

[reluctantwarrior]

bttt

[azhenfud]

The Wise men were supposedly from the East. Where from, we're not certain. Could have been Asia. Returning home, they prolly wrote down or relayed their experiences to one who recorded them.

[JimSEA]

The Nestorians were known to have been involved in the Silk trade in the 550AD time period -- likely earlier. Much of their history has been wiped out by the spread of Islam through the old heartland of Assyria. This could be very exciting and not prohibitively unlikely considering the trade routes.

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks for the post. Quite interesting. Like most I only knew about him getting to parts of India.

[RichInOC]

Their Geriatric Majesties Request?