This suffering is my joy: the underground church in eighteenth-century China
The underground church in China -- Matteo Ripa's attempt to establish a school for Chinese priests in China -- Founding of the Chinese college for priests in Naples -- Racial and cultural tensions between Chinese and European priests in China -- Emergence of the underground church -- European a...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham
Rowman & Littlefield
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Crypto-Christian
/ Church history studies 1700-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
China
Church history 18th century
B Persecution (China) History 18th century |
| Summary: | The underground church in China -- Matteo Ripa's attempt to establish a school for Chinese priests in China -- Founding of the Chinese college for priests in Naples -- Racial and cultural tensions between Chinese and European priests in China -- Emergence of the underground church -- European and Chinese forms of martyrdom. "This book studies the Chinese Catholic church in a time of persecution, focusing in particular on the role of Chinese clergy and lay leaders in maintaining communities of clandestine Catholics. D. E. Mungello portrays a world in flux, where the certainties of the past were beginning to give way to new insights"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1538150298 |