Church of the East and the Church of England A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission

Name: Church of the East and the Church of England A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission
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ISBN: 9780198267447

ISBN-10: 0198267444

ISBN-13: 9780198267447

Edition: 1992

Authors: J. F. Coakley

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In the years before the First World War the Church of England maintained a mission of help to the Assyrian Church of the East (popularly known as the Nestorian Church) in its then homeland, a corner of eastern Turkey and north-western Persia. The mission's ideal was to restore this body to its ancient vitality and its place as an independent branch of the true church. The mission faced many problems. At home there was the difficulty of justifying the support of a `heretical' church. In the field, the confidence of the Assyrians proved difficult to gain, especially in competition with other missions: French Catholic and American Presbyterian. Still, it had notable accomplishments. Some of…

Book details

List price: $295.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/20/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.562



List of Illustrations and Maps


Introduction


Scope, aims, point of view


Terminology


Sources and scholarly apparatus



First Acquaintance


The Church of the East in 1835


Earliest contacts with the Church of England


George Percy Badger


An interval



Towards a Mission, 1868-1884


New petitions, new plans


E.L. Cutts and Christians under the Crescent


Rudolph Wahl, Archbishop Tait's missionary


The end of the beginning



Archbishop Benson's Mission, 1884-1890


The re-foundation


The first four years in Urmia


In the mountains


Nestorianism and printing


Home organization



Growth and Development, 1890-1896


The Sisters of Bethany


Maclean and his successors


Anglican v. Catholic missions: Turkey


Anglican v. Catholic missions: Persia


The end of expansion


The Court of Mar Shimun


F.F. Irving



Reverses and Recovery, 1896-1904


The murder of a bishop


The Russian crisis


Reduced circumstances in Persia


Wider work in Turkey, narrower means at home


Catholics and the Catholikos again



Last Initiatives, 1903-1915


Mar Shimun and the Malabar connection


The Old Church in Persia


Facing the doctrinal question


From Van to Amadia


After Browne


On sufferance



In Retirement, 1915-1938


The First World War


Wigram, the Mission, and the refugees


Unfinished business, 1922-1930


Disengagement


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index