Asian light, Asian fruit.

From: International Bulletin of Missionary Research | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Bonk, Jonathan J. | Copyright information

The Nestorian Monument, featured below with frequent contributor Jean-Paul Wiest standing in the foreground to provide some sense of the replica's scale, is one of the most recognizable symbols of early Christian missionary efforts in Asia. Careful examination of the inset picture, a rubbing of the original monument, shows the cross rising out of the lotus flower (symbol of Buddhism), shrouded by clouds and set with a flaming pearl (yin and yang, symbols of Taoism). The inscription ...

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