The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (148 page)

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A-lo-pen
(7th cent. CE). Chinese name of a Persian Christian (Nestorian) monk who was a missionary in China. According to a stele discovered by Jesuits in 1625, the emperor Taitsung (627–50) gave permission to A-lo-pen and sixty-seven others to work as missionaries in Sian-fu. These missions established an extensive church which was ended by Ming persecutions.
Alphonsus Liguori
(moral theologian)
:
al-Qadam al-Shar
f
(the noble footprint, i.e. example, of Mu
ammad)
:
al-Qamar
(the crescent moon)
:
al-Quds
(the Holy [Place])
:
see
JERUSALEM
(ISLAM).

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