ABSTRACT
When it was originally published this book broke new ground in presenting one continuous narrative of the history of Christians in Persia from the second century A.D to the 1970s. The material gathered here was previously only to be found in obscure books, manuscripts and foreign periodicals.
Christians in Persia shows the intricate history of the period concerned; the personalities of the rulers and the ruled; the difficult task of the missionaries; their successes and failures and the consequences of their efforts. All this is related to the wider history of the country and to the expansion of Christianity in the East.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |46 pages
The Nestorian Planting
chapter |5 pages
The Background
chapter |14 pages
Christianity in Iran to the End of the Sassanian Dynasty
chapter |3 pages
The Persian Church at the Coming of Islam
chapter |9 pages
The Missionary Expansion of the Church
part |30 pages
The Roman Catholic Era
chapter |28 pages
The Roman Catholic Missionary Effort
part |92 pages
The Protestant Endeavour and the Founding of Indigenous Churches