#nestorians

Early Christian Mystics, by Alphonse Mingana: https://www.amazon.com/Early-Christian-Mystics-Alphonse-Mingana/dp/B00262PUW8/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=early+christian+mystics+mingana&qid=1586104976&sr=8-6 

* Qnuma, is an Aramaic word. The nearest equivalent is the Greek “hypostasis”, in Latin “substantia” and in English “substance”.

Source:   Arabic Thought and Its Place in History by De Lacy O'Learyhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61593

“The Syriac Fathers...” is essentially a “Philokalia” or collection of wisdom-writings of various mystics, in this case from the “Saint Thomas School” of Eastern Christianity. The Thomas branch eventually formed into four groups over time: 1) the Syrian Orthodox Church from Syria to India, 2) the Nestorians, 3) the Manichaeans -- Gnostic followers of the Prophet Mani, and, 4) in eastern China, the Church of the Light, a group that combined Syriac Christian, Manichaean, Taoist, and Buddhist teachings into a most wonderful fusion, as can be enjoyed by reading, “The Jesus Sutras”.

In the stillness and silence of meditation, all is revealed, including the Truth. In the Sant and Sufi traditions, "Truth" is another name for God (Sat, Haq). The Jesus Sutras were used by a later generation of those in the Thomas tradition of Eastern Christianity. With their roots in the Aramaic world of First Century AD Palestine, the Thomas community migrated East through Syria/Mesopotamia, Persia, along the Sikh Road, India and China. Their ancestors were given names like "Nestorians", "Manichaeans", and in eastern China, "Da Qin" or "The Church of the Light". The Jesus Sutras represent an amazing fusion of Christian, Buddhist and Taoist teachings. If you enjoy the teachings of Thich Nhat Hạnh, you probably would love the Jesus Sutras.

If Christianity had caught on in China, the Holy Bible might have been better known as the Holy Sutra.

The Wisdom of Saint Isaac of Nineveh, translated from the Syriac-Aramaic by Sebastian Brock, Gorgias Press