The centuries-old dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity by M. Clasquin-Johnson

“…Asians during the same period had a far better chance of understanding Christianity, because of the widespread presence of the Nestorian Church from Arabia to China. We do have evidence that interaction between Buddhists and Christians lead to some creative synthesis between the two. …”
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The influence of Christianity on Graeco-Roman medicine up to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…However, during the 5th century Nestorian Christians, fleeing from persecution by the Church, settled in Persia where they initiated a  blossoming of medical science during the Golden Age of Islam (8th to 13th centuries), coexisting with the Dark Ages of Medieval Europe. …”
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