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- ↑ Wilhelm, Baum; Winkler, Dietmar W. (2003). The Church of the East: a concise history. Routledge. ISBN 9781134430185.
- ↑ Gillman, Ian and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Christians in Asia before 1500 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999), p. 30
