The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (148 page)

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
7.3Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
A-lo-pen
(7th cent. CE). Chinese name of a Persian Christian (Nestorian) monk who was a missionary in China. According to a stele discovered by Jesuits in 1625, the emperor Taitsung (627–50) gave permission to A-lo-pen and sixty-seven others to work as missionaries in Sian-fu. These missions established an extensive church which was ended by Ming persecutions.
Alphonsus Liguori
(moral theologian)
:
al-Qadam al-Shar
f
(the noble footprint, i.e. example, of Mu
ammad)
:
al-Qamar
(the crescent moon)
:
al-Quds
(the Holy [Place])
:
see
JERUSALEM
(ISLAM).

Other books

Disruptor by Sonya Clark
Tank's Property by Jenika Snow
The Sweetest Game by J. Sterling
Her Wicked Sin by Sarah Ballance
Old Chaos (9781564747136) by Simonson, Sheila
Sly by Jayne Blue
Disguise by Hugo Hamilton