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Chiesa dell'Est
Classificazione	Eastern Christian
Orientamento	Syriac Christian
Altri nomi	Template:Lang-syririano: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ‎

The Church of the East (Template:Lang-syr Ēdṯāʾ d-Maḏenḥā), also known as the Nestorian Church,Template:Refn was an Eastern Christian Church originating during the late 1st century AD in Assyria, then the satrapy of Assuristan in the Parthian Empire, before spreading to other parts of Asia during the late antiquity period and throughout the middle ages. It originated as an eastern branch of Syriac Christianity, and used the East Syriac Rite in liturgy. It developed distinctive theological and ecclesiological traditions, and played a major role in the history of Christianity in Asia. Its Schism of 1552 led to a series of internal divisions among Assyrian Christians during the early modern period, and ultimately branched into the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.Template:Sfn The Ancient Church of the East also traces its roots to the Church of the East.