Re: OT: LWII: The Euroclones Strike Back!

Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

> Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
>
> > I seem to recall the Pagoda most closely associated
> > with the Religion of Light had specifically a relief
> > of Mary holding the infant Jesus in her arms, tucked
> > away in the corner of one of the upper levels of the
> > pagoda (whence its not being subsequently destroyed).
>
> The Religion of Light = Manichaeism?
In fact, no.  Nestorian Christianity, though there were
also Manichees in China at the time too, and the name
might be have been influenced by that.

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