The Church of the East and the Church of England: A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assyrian Mission

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In the years before the First World War the Church of England maintained a mission of lend a hand to the Assyrian Church of the East (popularly referred to as the Nestorian Church) in its native land, a corner of eastern Turkey and northwestern Persia. Its ideal was once to restore this body to its ancient vitality and its place as an independent branch of the real church. The Mission faced many problems. At home there was once the difficulty of justifying beef up of a “heretical” church. In the field, the confidence of the Assyrians proved difficult to gain, especially in competition with other missions: French Catholic and American Presbyterian. Still, it had notable accomplishments. Archbishop Benson, the founder, strictly ruled out any proselytizing to the Anglican church, and in this respect his Assyrian Mission withstands scrutiny in up to date eyes better than another missions of the Victorian era. The first study to cover this history, Coakley’s book will probably be of interest to scholars concerned with oriental churches and church history, in addition to students of Middle Eastern history.

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