Christianity in China - Earliest period

Christianity in China has developed since at least the 7th century CE. The introduction of Nestorianism, a Christian sect, around 635 is considered by some to be the first entry of the Christian religion into China. Today, the population of Chinese Christians constitutes at least 3% of the general population, but Christian demographers in the West estimate the Christian population numbers 80 million to 100 million because they claim that there are many "underground houses" of worship.[1] [2] The Christian population in China comprises Protestants ...

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• Christianity in China - History
• Christianity in China - Earliest period
• Christianity in China - Medieval period
• Christianity in China - Post-Reformation
• Christianity in China - Modern Age
• Christianity in China - The Missionary Period
• Christianity in China - First Protestant Missionaries
• Christianity in China - Catholic Missionary Efforts
• Christianity in China - Church education
• Christianity in China - Japanese Occupation
• Christianity in China - Christianity in the contemporary PRC
• Christianity in China - Official Christian Organizations
• Christianity in China - House Churches
• Christianity in China - Contemporary Trends
• Christianity in China - International visitors and Christianity
• Christianity in China - Demographics/Geography
• Christianity in China - Orthodox Christianity in China
• Christianity in China - Names for Christianity and God
• Christianity in China - Names for Christianity
• Christianity in China - Names for God

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Christianity in China - The Missionary Period. During the 1840s, Western missionaries spread Christianity rapidly through the foreign occupied coastal cities; the Taiping Rebellion was connected in its origins to the missionary activity. British and American denominations, such as the British Methodist Church, continued to send missionaries until they were prevented from doing so following the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Protestant missionaries played an extremely important role in introducin ...

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Chinese-language terms for God have, since the introduction of Christianity to China, proved a point of contention for Chinese Christians and non-Chinese Christians in China, especially missionaries. Christianity in China - Names for Christianity. The modern Chinese language typically divides Christians into two groups, believers of Jidu jiao (基督教), Protestantism, and Tianzhu jiao (天主教), Catholicism. The terms originate with different terms for God used in ...

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Today, the Chinese language typically divides Christians into two groups, members of Jidu jiao, (literally, Christianity) Protestantism, and members of Tianzhu jiao (literally "Lord of Heaven" religion), Catholicism (see Protestantism in China and Catholicism in China.) Christianity in China - Official Christian Organizations. Since loosening of restrictions on religion after the 1970s, Christianity has grown significantly within the People's Republic. It is still, however, tightly con ...

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Christianity in China - Earliest period. For a fuller account see Nestorianism in China Traditional Christian thought suggested that St. Thomas, known as "the Apostle of India" or possibly St. Bartholomew were the first to spread the Christian gospel in China. Third century Christian writer Arnobius mentions in a text a people known as the "Seres" as being among the groups (he enumerates also the Persians and Medes) which had been evangelized at that time. While there is evidence that Christianity existed in Mesopotamia and Persia by the early fourth century, the ...

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