Gereja di Timur: Perbedaan antara revisi

[[File:Mural of a Cleric of the Church of the East.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Rohaniwan Gereja di Timur, gambar dari abad ke-9 yang ditemukan pada dinding istana Almukhtar di [[Samara]], Irak]]<!--

AfterSesudah therezim Sasaniankulawangsa Empire wasSasani [[MuslimPenaklukan conquestPersia ofoleh PersiaMuslim|conqueredditumbangkan bybangsa MuslimArab ArabsMuslim]] inpada tahun 644, the newly establishedrezim [[Rashidunkekhalifahan CaliphateRasyidin|Khilafaur Rasyidin]] designatedyang thebaru Churchterbentuk ofsecara theresmi Eastmenetapkan asGereja andi officialTimur sebagai kelompok minoritas ''[[dhimmidzimmi|zimi]]'' minority group headed by theyang Patriarchdikepalai ofBatrik thedi EastTimur.<!-- As with all other Christian and Jewish groups given the same status, the church was restricted within the Caliphate, but also given a degree of protection. Nestorians were not permitted to [[proselytise]] or attempt to convert Muslims, but their missionaries were otherwise given a free hand, and they increased missionary efforts farther afield. Missionaries established dioceses in [[India]] (the [[Saint Thomas Christians]]). They made some advances in [[Egypt]], despite the strong [[Monophysite]] presence there, and they entered [[Central Asia]], where they had significant success converting local [[Tartars]]. Nestorian missionaries were firmly established in China during the early part of the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907); the Chinese source known as the [[Nestorian Stele]] describes a mission under a proselyte named [[Alopen]] as introducing Nestorian Christianity to China in 635. In the 7th century, the church had grown to have two Nestorian [[archbishops]], and over 20 bishops east of the Iranian border of the [[Amu Darya|Oxus River]].{{sfn|Foster|1939|p=33}}