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  2. Jesuit missions in China - Wikipedia

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    The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China is part of the history of relations between China and the Western world. The missionary efforts and other work of the Society of Jesus , or Jesuits, between the 16th and 17th century played a significant role in continuing the transmission of knowledge, science, and culture between China and ...

  3. Christianity in China - Wikipedia

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    The Xi'an Stele was erected in 781, and documents 150 years of early Christian history in China. [13] It includes texts both in Chinese and in Syriac. A 9th-century silk painting depicting a saint, probably Jesus Christ Christian tombstone from Quanzhou with a 'Phags-pa inscription dated 1314.

  4. Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.

  5. Jingjiao Documents - Wikipedia

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    Restored Mogao Christian painting, possibly a representation of Jesus Christ.The original work dates back to the 9th century. The Jingjiao Documents (Chinese: 景教經典; pinyin: Jǐngjiào jīngdiǎn; also known as the Nestorian Documents or the Jesus Sutras) are a collection of Chinese language texts connected with the 7th-century mission of Alopen, a Church of the East bishop from ...

  6. Timeline of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Timeline of Jesus' ministry subsection. ... Jesus Sutras, Christianity in China; 787 Second Council of Nicaea, ... Timeline of Church History ...

  7. Protestant missions in China - Wikipedia

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    For Robert Morrison and the first missionaries who followed him, life in China consisted of being confined to Portuguese Macao and the Thirteen Factories trading ghetto in Guangzhou (then known as "Canton") with only the reluctant support of the East India Company and confronting opposition from the Chinese government and from the Jesuits who had been established in China for more than a century.

  8. Christianity in the 8th century - Wikipedia

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    This movement was later defined as heretical under the council. The group destroyed much of the Christian churches' art history, which is needed in addressing the traditional interruptions of the Christian faith and the artistic works that in the early church were devoted to Jesus Christ or God. Many works were destroyed during this period. [2]

  9. Catholic Church in China - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church (Chinese: 天主教; pinyin: Tiānzhǔ jiào; lit. 'Religion of the Lord of Heaven', after the Chinese term for the Christian God) first appeared in China upon the arrival of John of Montecorvino in China proper during the Yuan dynasty; he was the first Catholic missionary in the country, and would become the first bishop of Khanbaliq (1271–1368).