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撮要

本文根據碑林〈景教碑〉和敦煌〈景教三威蒙度讚〉，研究唐朝基督教的來源和性質。在評述以往對景教的研究、介紹敘利亞基督教特點的基礎上，作者比較了上述文獻的原文與敘利亞基督教的宗教思想。作者認為，把唐朝基督教歸於湼斯多流主義是錯誤的，唐朝基督教實際上反映了敘利亞基督教的思想。

ABSTRACT

The paper provides an investigation into the origins and character of Tang Christianity in light of the Tang Christian Monument and the Christian Hymn from Dunhuang. After a brief survey of the history of research and a concise description of Syriac Christianity, it offers a comparsion between the religious sentiments and language of the two mentioned Tang Christian texts and Syriac Christianity. The paper argues that Tang Christianity has been misunderstood by applying the Nestorian label to it. Instead, Tang Christianity reflects Syriac traditions and should be undertsood in its own right.

原載於《建道學刊》21期（2004年1月），頁129-157。