Alopen received at the Tang court

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According to the Xi'an stele, the Church of the East missionary Alopen reached Chang'an in 635 and was received by Emperor Taizong, who permitted the propagation of the 'Luminous Religion'. This is Christianity arriving in China by the caravan route roughly eight centuries before it arrived by sea, and it arrived as a tolerated foreign religion under imperial licence rather than as a state faith.

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Xi'an (Jingjiao) Stele inscription, Chinese and Syriac

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Church of the East (Nestorian Christianity)concerns
Xi'an Stele (Jingjiao / 'Nestorian' Stele)concerns
Silk Road religious corridorconcerns
Christianityconcerns

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