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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 ...
According to research by David E. Mungello, from 1552 (i.e., the death of St. Francis Xavier) to 1800, a total of 920 Jesuits participated in the China mission, of whom 314 were Portuguese, and 130 were French. [2] In 1844 China may have had 240,000 Roman Catholics, but this number grew rapidly, and in 1901 the figure reached 720,490. [3]
Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book The Small Woman: The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward, by Alan Burgess, published in 1957.
Medical missions in China by the late 19th century laid the foundations for modern medicine in China. Western medical missionaries established the first modern clinics and hospitals, provided the first training for nurses, and opened the first medical schools in China. [70] By 1901, China was the most popular destination for medical missionaries.
33 AD: April 3 – According to Colin Humphrey's account, Jesus of Nazareth's Last Supper takes place. [9] [10] 50 AD: The Hsien Taoism form of Taoism spread through China more often than before and popularized (approximate date). [11] 67 AD: Buddhism comes to China with the two monks Kasyapa and Dharmaraksha. [12]
China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy. More than 160,000 ...
After Kathryn's death, the children’s ministry Kathy's Home, [13] was started in memorial of her life. [14] [15] [5] Her husband continued, with their children, in Chiang Mai Thailand until his death in 2012 at the age of 96. Their son, Isobel and John's grandson, continues with ministry in Thailand.
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