Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinally distinct sets of teachings that fall under the umbrella term Dyophysitism, suc
A depiction of Nestorius being defrocked and having his vestments removed at the Council of Ephesus. A 15c mural in Ferapontov Monastery.
A procession on Palm Sunday, in a seventh- or eighth-century wall painting from a Nestorian church in Qocho, China
The Daqin Pagoda, controversially claimed to be part of an early Nestorian church in what was then Chang'an, now Xi'an, China, built during the Tang dynasty (AD 618–907)
Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, with a female figure dressed in a Tang dynasty costume, AD 683–770
The Church of the East or the East Syriac Church, is one of three major branches of Eastern Nicene Christianity that arose from the Christological controversies in the 5th century and the 6th century,
Nestorianism
…as Mariology and Christology. Although many of his works were lost or destroyed, others have been transmitted through his opponents or preserved in Church of the East libraries. Most notable among these is the Bazaar of Heracleides, composed during his exile following the Council of Chalcedon. The modern rediscovery…
East Syriac ceramic epitaph with Syriac and Uyghur writing.
Ruins of the Monastery of Saint Elijah in Mosul, Iraq, in 2005. The site was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2014.
Palm Sunday procession of Nestorian clergy in a 7th- or 8th-century wall painting from the Nestorian church at Karakhoja, Chinese Turkestan.
Mogao Christian painting, a late-9th-century silk painting preserved in the British Museum.