User talk:Paravasta

I am thinking of a new page for Wikipedia that would be a good idea to create, but I'm not sure I'm qualified to write the article. This is on the Eastern Bible and the Church of the East. The Eastern Bible isn't listed on Wikipedia. The Church of the East is mentioned, and that there is at least one church in India claiming historical continuity with it. But no details are given on this church, or it's holy scripture.

The majority of the Church of the East was persuaded to come into line with Rome, even abandoning their bible canon. A small remnant remains now, and they have missions in South Africa and Canada.

Their bible in unique, in that in addition to scriptures of Jesus that were written the the apostle Thomas - founder of the church in India - it also contains scriptures of other old eastern religions: the Bhagavad Gita, Tao Teh Ching, etc. The original Church of the East was not at odds with other religions, even having very friendly relations with them. Their bible reflects this openness. A very insightful, traditional commentary exists for the Eastern Bible, commenting both on the Christian books as well as these other scriptures, which are considered to be important supplements to the Christian texts. The Eastern Bible is sometimes also called the Wayist Bible, and their doctrine and path is sometimes referred to as Wayism.

The Church of the East - rooted in both Christian and Indian thought - practices the Yoga of Jesus. It would be worthwhile for this little known part of Christian history to get wider audience. It should not be forgotten.

Here are a couple links with more information:

http://churchoftheeast.ca/scripture.htm http://wayist.org/eb/index.htm

Paravasta (talk) 21:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)