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Rabban Bar Sauma, a Chinese monk who made a pilgrimage from Khanbaliq (now Beijing) and testified to the importance of Christianity among the Mongols during his visit to Rome in 1287. Nayan Khan, a Mongol nobleman and uncle of Kublai Khan. In 1287, after becoming increasingly angry with Kublai for being “too Chinese”, Nayan staged a rebellion.
Bible translations into Mongolian. 1840 printing of the Book of Jeremiah in Mongolian script. The earliest preserved translation of the Bible into the Mongolian language dates to 1827, but there is a written record of what may perhaps have been a translation existing as early as 1305. Since 1827, numerous other translations have been made.
Its history can be traced back to 1886. After mid-1950s, Tongshun Street Church used to be the joint gathering place for all the Christian denominations in the city for quite a few years. Now, the church is the intern church of the Inner Mongolia Bible School and the Bible distribution point of the United Bible Societies in Hohhot. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Christianity in Mongolia is a minority religion. In 2020, Christians made up 1.94% of the population. [1] Most Christians in Mongolia became Christian after the Mongolian Revolution of 1990. According to the Christian missionary group Mission Eurasia, the number of Christians grew from less than 40 in 1989 to around 40,000 as of 2023.
The Mongols were highly tolerant of most religions during the early Mongol Empire, and typically sponsored several at the same time. At the time of Genghis Khan in the 13th century, virtually every religion had found converts, from Buddhism to Eastern Christianity and Manichaeanism to Islam. To avoid strife, Genghis Khan set up an institution ...
Edward Stallybrass (8 June 1794 in Royston, Hertfordshire [1] – 25 July 1884 [2]) was a British Congregational missionary to the Buryat people of Siberia. He translated the Bible into Mongolian. [3] [4]
The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually. The United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies with the aim of translating publishing, and distributing the Bible.
The Mongolic peoples are a collection of East Asian-originated ethnic groups in East, North, South Asia and Eastern Europe, who speak Mongolic languages. Their ancestors are referred to as Proto-Mongols. The largest contemporary Mongolic ethnic group is the Mongols. [1] Mongolic-speaking people, although distributed in a wide geographical area ...