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The Catholic ban on ancestral rituals was lifted in 1939, when Pope Pius XII formally recognized ancestral rites as a civil practice (see also Chinese Rites controversy). [2] Many Korean Christians, particularly Protestants , no longer practice this rite and avoid it both locally and overseas .
During the 19th century, the Catholic Church was targeted by the government of the Joseon dynasty chiefly for the religion's opposition to ancestral "worship", which the Church perceived to be a form of idolatry, but which the state prescribed as a cornerstone of Korean culture.
After the ban on traditional civil rites was lifted by Pope Pius XII in 1939, [75] many Korean Catholics openly observe jesa (ancestral rites); the Korean tradition is very different from the institutional religious ancestral worship that is found in China and Japan and can be easily integrated as ancillary to Catholicism. Protestants, by ...
Jesus came down as God, died, and ascended again to become God, and is said to be the godparent of all things and people's lives. Catholics ignore filial deeds by referring to parents as physical parents, calling the spirits of ancestors the devil, and rejecting ancestral rites as demonic events.
The Korean holiday is intertwined with connecting to one's family of origin during this time—including the institution of certain ancestral rites (described in more detail below).
Jerye is a courtesy term covering the holding of many ancestral rites, and is a statement of etiquette concerning ancestor worship. Among the various kinds of Jerye are Gije , Seeje , and Myoje . Jerye ( 祭禮 ) is an act of expressing sincerity by offering sacrifices of food to the spirit, the soul of the dead, and to demons, including the god.
Catholicism was reintroduced [clarification needed] in 1785 by Yi Seung-hun and French and Chinese Catholic priests were soon invited by the Korean Christians. Joseon royalty saw the new religion as a subversive influence and persecuted its earliest followers in Korea, culminating in the Catholic Persecution of 1866 , in which 8,000 Catholics ...
The Catholic hierarchy has been inactive there for decades (i.e. since the Korean War), and there are no active Catholic churches in the country. The only territorial abbey outside of Europe and one of only 11 remaining territorial abbeys is the Territorial Abbey of Tokwon , located near Wonsan in North Korea.