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During World War II, China was devastated by the Second Sino-Japanese War which countered a Japanese invasion, and by the Chinese Civil War which resulted in the separation of Taiwan from mainland China. In this period the Chinese Christian churches and organizations had their first experience with autonomy from the Western structures of the ...
The treaties ending the two opium wars opened up China to missionary endeavor and some missionaries believed that the opium wars might be part of God's plan to make China a Christian nation. [40] Later, as the social message of the missionaries began to compete with evangelism as a priority, the missionaries became more forthright in opposing ...
The Christian Occupation of China: A General Survey of the Numerical Strength and Geographical Distribution of the Christian Forces in China, Made by the Special Committee on Survey and Occupation, China Continuation Committee, 1918-1921 is a book published in 1922 simultaneously in English and Chinese by the Special Committee on Survey and Occupation, commissioned by the China Continuation ...
179 – Silures; traditional date, now considered questionable [1] 301 – Christianization of Armenia; 301 - Foundation of San Marino; c. 313 – Caucasian Albania (Udi) [2] c. 319 – Christianization of Iberia (Georgia) [3] [4] [5] c. 325 – Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 337 – Roman Empire (baptism of Constantine I)
Between 600 and 750, Christianity was in retreat in the Near and Middle East and North Africa, while constant war turned the Eastern Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire. By the ninth and into the twelfth centuries, the Eastern church had spread further east along the Silk Road , into Tibet and China, and along all of the main trade routes of ...
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 ...
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The 1800s witnessed the expansion of Christianity beyond the isolated areas of the Treaty Ports by thousands of new missionaries who entered the interior of China. Western missionaries spread Christianity rapidly through the foreign-occupied coastal cities; the Taiping Rebellion was connected in its origins to the missionary activity.