An Historical Sketch of the China Mission
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Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of the China Mission: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U. S. A. From the First Appointments in 1834 to Include the 1892 The precise date of the first introduction of Christianity into China cannot be determined with certainty. Ancient writers assert that St. Thomas, the Apostle, after laboring for the establishment of the Christian faith in India, passed over to a country on the east, called China, where he preached the Gospel and founded a church in the city of Cambaluc (Peking), after which he returned to Malabar. In the Chaldee ritual there is an office for the celebration of St. Thomas, which says that "by him the Persians, Hindoos, and Chinese were converted to the Christian faith." This tradition receives some confirmation from Chinese writings which must have been based upon oral allusions to Gospel history. Ancient records state that toward the end of the seventh century the Nestorians penetrated into China, where they established several churches; and that A.D. 820, David was appointed to be the Metropolitan of China. In the time of Genghis-khan numerous bodies of Nestorian Christians were scattered over Tartary; and the famous Prester John, in the twelfth century exerted an extensive influence over central Asia. When the Mongol princes ascended the throne of China, A.D. 1280, they afforded toleration to all religions, which enabled the Nestorians to enlarge their field of operations and to establish a flourishing Church in the north of China. This continued to exist until the beginning of the fifteenth century, but shortly afterward Nestorianism appears to have dwindled away in that country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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