Re: OT: LWII: The Euroclones Strike Back!

Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:

> > > The above are verifiably ancient texts. The
> > > Jesus Sutras are totally cool and totally
> > > unexpected! - if you can only get one of these
> > > books soon, get that one!!!
> >
> > Never heard of them. What are they about?
>
> They're a translation and study of the scriptures
> written and translated by the early Church in
> western China. Apparently, China was quite
> accepting of the Illuminating Religion of the
> Great Western Empire, even receiveing imperial
> favour.
Though it seems probably the the Emperor who gave
them Imperial recognition, either Gaozu or Taizong
(I forget which), only did so because he was under
the impression that this weird little group was just
one of countless indigenous Daoist sects, and he was
interested in hyping the credentials of the person
he claimed as ancestor, Laozi.  When they received
an imperial audience, it's clear they played up the
similarities between Daoism and (Nestorian)
Christianity hoping for precisely that effect.

> Quite a few relics have been found as
> well. The steles were long known; but a trove of
> manuscripts, some religious art, and apparently
> an oriental styled icon of Jesus are also extant.
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).

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