Church of the East (disambiguation)
The Church of the East may refer to:
- Church of the East, also called Nestorian Church, an Eastern Christian denomination formerly spread across Asia, under rival patriarchal lines from the schism of 1552:
- Assyrian Church of the East, a church whose patriarchal line originated from the schism of 1552
- Ancient Church of the East, a church that separated from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964 under a distinct name and patriarchal line
- Chaldean Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church as an Eastern Catholic particular church sui iuris
- Assyrian Church of the East, a church whose patriarchal line originated from the schism of 1552
See also
- Eastern Christianity, collective term for the Christian traditions and churches that developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity
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