单词 | church of the east |
释义 | > as lemmasChurch of the East Church of the East n. (collectively) the Christian Churches originating from, or chiefly found in, the areas east and south-east of Europe, esp. those with a liturgical rite differing from the Latin (Roman) rite; (now chiefly) spec. an autocephalous branch of the Christian church, sometimes called Assyrian or Dyophysite (Nestorian), based mainly in Iraq, Iran, and Syria and having a Syriac liturgy. Cf. Eastern Church n. at eastern adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. xvij But in myne opinion that part of Samaria semeth to beare the figure of the churche of the East and of the Grekes. 1619 W. Cowper Pathmos vii. 297 That most ancient Church of the East, composed of Grecians..Syrians, in which tongue the Son of God pronounced his Oracles: of Slauonians, Russians, Muscouites and others, in whose bosome are almost all the Apostolike Seas. 1821 Times 29 Oct. 3/2 Honour to God the Almighty! and to the Holy Church of the East! 1944 Geogr. Rev. 34 261 The Nestorian Church, or, as its members prefer to call it, the Church of the East, broke off from the main body of Christianity partly because of the wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid kings of Persia and partly because of the adherence..of the Eastern Christians to the teachings of Nestorius. 1991 S. G. Hall Doctr. & Pract. in Early Church (2003) xxiii. 238 One consequence was the split between the Greek-speaking Church of the East and the Latin-speaking Church of the West. 1999 Independent on Sunday 31 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 32/2 The Church of the East, as China's Nestorians are also known, achieved enormous power and influence without ever becoming a state religion. < as lemmas |
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