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A-lo-pên Adam Amitabha Amogha ancient Antioch Assyrian Christians Assyrian Church Bishop Buddha Buddhist calligrapher capital Catholicos century A.D. Ch'ang-an Chi-lieh Chin-tan Chiao Chinese characters Chinese name Ching Chiao Ching-ching chorepiscopos Chou Chou-chih Christ Christianity in China discovered doctrine eighth century Emperor Hsüan-Tsung Emperor T'ai-Tsung Empire Ephraim erected expression Faith famous foreign Fu-lin Hanan-Ishu Heaven Hinayana Holy Hsi-an Hsi-an-fu Imperial Palace India influence Japan Japanese King Kingdom known Kobo Daishi Kumdan Legge Lord Lü Hsiu-yen Lü Yen Luminous Religion Mahayana Mar Sergius means Messiah Metropolitan Mohammedans monastery monks Moule Nestorian Inscription Nestorian missionaries Nestorian Monument Nestorian Stone Nestorians in China Nestorius ninth century official original Patriarch persecution Persian Prajña Priest Prince Prof province Sage Saragh says scholars sect seventh Shan-tao Shinran Sûtras Syriac T'ang Dynasty Ta-ch'in Ta-ts'in Taoists teaching temple Thou Timothy translated Uigur Vairochana Western whilst word worship writings Wu-Tsung Wylie ܩܫܝܫܐ
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Page 213 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 109 - Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Page 205 - Olopen, a man of Ta-Thsin, and of a lofty virtue, bearing Scriptures and images, has come to offer them in the Supreme Court. After a minute examination of the spirit of this religion, it has been found to be excellent, mysterious, and pacific. The contemplation of its radical principle gives birth to perfection and fixes the will. It is exempt from verbosity ; it considers only good results. It is useful to men, and consequently ought to be published under the whole extent of the heavens. I, therefore,...
Page 112 - Christian sect of Nestorians which exercised a very marked influence on the geographical diffusion of knowledge, should prove of use to the Arabs even before they advanced to the erudite and contentious city of Alexandria, and that, protected by the armed followers of the Creed of Islam, these Nestorian doctrines of Christianity were enabled to penetrate far into Eastern Asia.
Page 185 - ... void was changed, and heaven and earth were opened out ; the sun and moon revolved, and day and night commenced; having perfected all inferior objects, he then made the first man ; upon him he bestowed an excellent disposition, giving him in charge the government of all created beings ; man, acting out the original principles of his nature, was pure and unostentatious; his unsullied and expansive mind was free from the least inordinate desire ; until Satan introduced the seeds of falsehood, to...
Page 161 - Striking the wood (9), they proclaim the Glad Tidings (lit., joyful sounds) of Love and Charity. They turn ceremoniously to the East, and hasten in the Path of Life and Glory. They preserve the beard to show that they have outward works to do, whilst they shave the crown (tonsure) to remind themselves that they have no private selfish desires. They keep neither male nor female slaves. Putting all men on an equality, they make no distinction between the noble and the mean. They neither accumulate...
Page 167 - Red Court," he finally inscribed his name in the Imperial book (ie thus pledging himself to be a loyal subject). When the Duke Kuo Tzu-i, a Secretary of State and Viceroy of the Fen-yang Province, was first appointed to the charge of the military operations in the Northern Regions (750 AD) the Emperor Su-Tsung ordered him (I-ssii) to accompany the Duke to his command.
Page 164 - Kao Li-shih to carry the faithful portraits of the Five Emperors and to have them placed securely in the monastery, and also to take the Imperial gift of one hundred pieces of silk with him. Making the most courteous and reverent obeisance to the Imperial portraits, we feel as though " we were in a position to hang on to the Imperial bow and sword, in case the beard of the Dragon should be out of reach.
Page 97 - the spotless treasure-house of virginity ; the spiritual paradise of the second Adam ; the workshop, in which the two natures were annealed together ; the bridal chamber in which the Word wedded the flesh ; the living bush of nature, which was unharmed by the fire of the divine birth ; the light cloud, which bore Him which sate between the Cherubim ; the stainless fleece, bathed in the dews of heaven, with which the Shepherd clothed his sheep; the handmaid and the mother, the Virgin and Heaven...
Page 46 - Her ambassador was still more outspoken, for he wrote on the 9th of November, 1587, " Since God alone protects His own, He will so punish these idolaters (the Spaniards) through us, that they who survive will be converted by their example to worship with us the true God, and you, fighting for this glory, will heap up victory and all other good things.