Christianity has been present in China since the early medieval period, and became a significant presence in the country during the early modern era. The...
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of the East monks were preaching Christianity in India in the 6th century before they smuggled silkworm eggs from China to the Eastern Roman Empire. The...
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Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity, which originated from the life and teachings of Jesus in 1st-century Roman Judea...
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archeological evidence of Christianity in China, is from the Church of the East in the seventh century. The Eastern Christianity of that period is commemorated...
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cults thrived. Christianity and Islam arrived in China during the 7th century. Christianity did not take root until it was reintroduced in the 16th century...
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This is a list of selected references for Christianity in China. David H. Adeney: China - Christian Students Face the Revolution, Downers Grove IL: InterVarsity...
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Religion"). Chinese speakers see Catholicism and Protestantism as distinct religions. Thus, in Western languages, the term "Christianity" can subsume...
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key role in creating and leading the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), a state-sanctioned governing body for Protestant Christianity in China. However...
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coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the world's...
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The Handbook of Christianity in China is a two-volume series on the history of Christianity in China, edited respectively by Nicholas Standaert and Gary...
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Protestant Christianity (Chinese: 基督敎新敎; pinyin: Jīdūjiào xīnjiào; lit. 'New teachings of Christianity', in comparison to earlier Roman Catholicism) entered...
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Christianity is a minority religion in the Chinese province of Qinghai. According to Asia Harvest, estimates from 2020 suggest that of the entire population...
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Christianity is a minority religion in Xinjiang, an autonomous region of China, formerly known as Chinese Turkestan. The two dominant ethnic groups, the...
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Church of the East (redirect from Nestorian Christianity)
of three major branches of Nicene Eastern Christianity that arose from the Christological controversies in the 5th century and the 6th century, alongside...
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belief. The Jesuits argued that these Chinese rites were secular rituals that were compatible with Christianity, within certain limits, and should thus...
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Syriac Christianity (Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ, Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological...
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in China Protestantism in China Che Kam Kong Christianity in China Chinese house church Chinese Union Version of the Bible Chinese New Hymnal China Christian...
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seen as superstitious, Christianity had the added challenge of being foreign. Efforts were made by Chinese Protestants in May 1950 in a meeting with Premier...
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Christianity in Taiwan constituted 3.9% of the population, according to the census of 2005; Christians on the island included approximately 600,000 Protestants...
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Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as...
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Xi'an Stele (redirect from Memorial of the Propagation in China of the Luminous Religion from Daqin)
documents 150 years of early Christianity in China. It is a limestone block 279 centimetres (9 ft 2 in) high with text in both Chinese and Syriac describing...
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mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle, who sailed to the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) in 52 AD. The...
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Figurism (category History of Christianity in China)
of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China. Since...
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in China existed as early as the 7th century, Christianity did not gain a significant foothold in China until the establishment of contact with Europeans...
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conversion in China, but according to media reports and expert assessments, it is possible that the rapid growth of Christianity in China may maintain...
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Taiping Rebellion (redirect from Taiping Christianity)
Taiping Rebellion. Boxer Rebellion Cannibalism in Asia § Ming and Qing dynasties Christianity in China List of revolutions and rebellions List of wars...
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Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2022, there were...
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rights in China#Religious freedom Racism in China Demographics of the People's Republic of China Christianity in China Proposed demolition of the Weizhou Grand...
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Christianity in the form of Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period by Confucian scholars who encountered it in China....
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began to influence China during the Han dynasty, and Christianity and Islam appeared during the Tang. Today, while the government of China is officially atheist...
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