The Flickering Light of Asia
or
The Assyrian Nation and Church
Rev. Joel E. Werda
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Contents
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART I : THE ASSYRIAN NATION And the Great World War
THE TURKISH TRAP
THE FIRST SOUND OF BATTLE
THE FINAL SIEGE OF THE MOUNTAIN ASSYRIANS
THE ARRIVAL OF THE NESTORIAN REFUGEES IN PERSIA
THE SIEGE OF URMIA AND THE OUTRAGES PERPETRATED UPON THE ASSYRIANS OF
PERSIA
THE GLORIOUS WORK OF THE AMERICAN MISSION
THE RETURN OF THE RUSSIANS
THE VISIT OF THE PATRIARCH TO THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAI
THE ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION TO THEIR FORMER HABITATIONS
THE FALL OF THE CZAR AND ITS EFFECT UPON THE ASSYRIANS
THE ISOLATED POSITION OF THE ASSYRIANS
THE FUTILE ATTEMPTS OF MAR SHIMON FOR A FRIENDLY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF PERSIA
THE SECOND UPRISING OF URMIA MOSLEMS
THE BATTLE AND THE SURRENDER OF URMIA
THE CONDITIONS OF THE MOSLEM'S SURRENDER
THE ASSASSINATION OF MAR SHIMON
THE PUNISHMENT OF SIMKOO
THE BATTLE OF SALMAS
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MAR SHIMON BENYAMIN
THE SUCCESSOR OF THE PATRIARCH MAR BENYAMIN
LADY SURMA
THE ASSYRIAN BATTLES WITH THE TURKS
THE MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIANS IN KHOI, PERSIA
THE ASSYRIAN BATTLE OF SALMAS WITH THE INVADING FORCES OF TURKEY
THE LAST BATTLES OF URMIA AND THE CAUSE THAT LED TO THE FINAL EXODUS OF
THE CHRISTIANS
THE FINAL EXODUS OF THE ASSYRIANS AND THE LAST MASSACRE OF THE
CHRISTIANS IN URMIA
HAMADAN AND BEYOND
THE ASSYRIAN CLAIMS BEFORE THE CONFERENCE OF THE PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE
AT PARIS
THE CLAIMS OF THE ASSYRIANSBEFORE THE PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE AT PARIS
I. THE ASSYRIAN PEOPLE
II. THE ASSYRIANS AND THE WAR
III. THE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS OF THE ASSYRIANS
IV. THE CLAIMS OF THE ASSYRIANS FOR REPARATION
V. THE CLAIMS OF THE PERSIAN ASSYRIANS
VI. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ASSYRIANS
CONCLUSION
PART II: CHRISTIANITY AND THE ASSYRIAN NATION
FOREWORD
THE FOUNDING OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE OLD PERSIAN EMPIRE
THE PERSECUTIOM OF THE EASTERN CHURCH BY SHAPUR
THE FINAL BREAK
THE NESTORIAN SCHOOLS AND WRITERS
WRITINGS OF THE NESTORIAN FATHERS
THE MISSIONARY CONQUESTS OF THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH
THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCH UNDER THE SARACENE
RULERS
THE PERSECUT10N OF THE EASTERN CHURCH UNDER THE TARTAR SOVEREIGNS
THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH AND THE TURKISH RULE
THE NESTORIAN THEOLOGY
THAT THERE IS A GOD, AND THAT THE WORLD IS CREATED AND TEMPORAL
THAT GOD IS ONE AND NOT MANY
THAT GOD IS ETERNAL
THAT GOD IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TRINITY
OF THE WORD OR SON OF GOD, WHICH WAS MADE VERY MAN
THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST
THE NESTORIAN RITUALS
THE NESTORIANS' CONCEPTION OF THE CHURCH
THE PRESENT NEED OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCH
FOOTNOTES