The Church of the East

Denomination·Founded 431 CE·est. ~400 thousand worldwide

Judaism → Christianity → The Church of the East → 2 branches

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Christ's two natures remain distinct. The dyophysite confession, sharpened against Ephesus: fully God and fully man, unconfused. Go deeper — context →
The gospel belongs east of Rome. India by tradition with Thomas; Chang'an by 635 — the stele still stands. Christianity's eastern half is not a footnote. Go deeper — context →
The church needs no emperor. Born outside Rome's borders, it never had a Constantine — mission and persecution, not establishment. Go deeper — context →
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