Subscriber Essay: Nestorianism and the Mongols, part 1

This week’s essay deals with matters of faith:

Can you give a primer on the history of the Church of the East (aka the Nestorian Church), particularly its influence in the Mongol Empire?

So there’s a fair amount to this question that I think we have to cover, starting with what in the heck the Church of the East actually is, which means talking about Nest…