Barlaam and Josaphat
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Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are Christian saints. Their story tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to tradition, an Indian king persecuted the
Fragment of an icon: St. Athanasius of Athonite, Barlaam of India, Joasaph of India. End of the 15th - beginning of the 16th centuries. From the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Novgorod
Barlaam and Joasaph, a 1680 Russian engraving
A Christian depiction of Josaphat, 12th century manuscript
Depiction of a parable from Barlaam and Josaphat at the Baptistery of Parma, Italy
Buddhism and Christianity
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Buddhism and Christianity are the world’s fourth-largest and largest religions, with approximately 510 million and 2.3 billion followers, respectively. There were links between Buddhism and the pre-Ch
Barlaam and Josaphat
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Christ and Buddha by Paul Ranson, 1880
Bilingual edict (Greek and Aramaic) 3rd century BC by Indian Buddhist King Ashoka, see Edicts of Ashoka, from Kandahar. This edict advocates the adoption of "godliness" using the Greek term Eusebeia for Dharma. Kabul Museum.
Mosaic of early missionary to the East St. Francis Xavier
God the Father on a throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century.