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Chinese Missionaries 1850–1920
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Chinese Missionaries 1850–1920
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China’s Qing dynasty (1633–19 11) was weak and precarious. The arrival of missionaries in the 19th century, and colonial attempts to exploit Asia’s vast wealth, took advantage of that weakness to overcome China’s long-standing resistance to foreign missionaries. Roman Catholics had already reached China in the 17th century but the... More
Christian Missions in India 1890
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Christian Missions in India 1890
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By the early 19th century the London Missionary Society had focused its attention on South Asia. The British East India Company, which governed India until 1858, had always been extremely wary of the risks of disturbing Muslim and Hindu sensibilities. However, increasing pressure from evangelicals in Britain led to a... More
Christianity in South Africa 1858
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Christianity in South Africa 1858
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By the early 19th century, when the Dutch Cape Colony came under British rule, South Africa was a major hub for maritime trade between Asia and Europe, and in the week of traders came successive waves of Christian missionaries, originating in the Netherlands, the British Isles, France and the United... More
Early Brittany from 300 BCE
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Early Brittany from 300 BCE
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Julius Caesar incorporated Brittany into the Roman Empire by, but only the southeastern corner would become Romanized (‘-ac’ endings adopted from Roman ‘acum’ = ‘town’). In 383, Magnus Maximus, Roman governor of Britain, brought an army to Brittany in his bid to become emperor. These troops are reported to have... More
Early Wales c .600–900
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Early Wales c .600–900
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From the 6th century, most of Wales became christianized through the efforts of missionaries, amongst them St David and St Teilo. At this time, there was encroachment from Anglo–Saxon settlers, following the valley of the River Severn into mid-Wales. Anglo-Saxon dominance within England was confirmed at the Battle of Chester... More
Eliot’s Praying Indians
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Eliot’s Praying Indians
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When the Puritan missionary John Eliot first preached to Indians (1646), ‘they paid no heed...were weary, and despised what I said’. But Eliot was a man of persistence, as well as conviction, and not a little imagination. He took the trouble to master the native American languages, creating written versions... More
Evangelicals of the World 2000
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Evangelicals of the World 2000
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The global spread of Evangelicalism can be traced to the missionary movements of the 19th century, when European and American evangelicals travelled to Africa and Asia to spread the word. In 1951 evangelicals formed the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF), and more than 110 regional and national organizations are now affiliated... More
Expansion of Christianity in Europe 200-1400 CE
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Expansion of Christianity in Europe 200-1400 CE
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As the Western Roman Empire began to fail Christianity began to spread beyond the borders of the former Empire. Christianity had spread from Roman Britain to Wales and Ireland and here a unique culture developed, which was in turn disseminated by Irish missionaries to Scotland and the continent. After pagan... More
Irish Churchmen and Scholars in Europe
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Irish Churchmen and Scholars in Europe
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Traces of the earliest Irish missionaries in Europe come in fabular form through the fog of the early Dark Ages. St Fridolin is reported to have founded churches and abbeys as far afield as Switzerland in the early 6th century. The origin of many of the early missions was St... More
Reverend John Campbell in South Africa 1815
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Reverend John Campbell in South Africa 1815
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By the 19th century, when the Cape Colony came under British rule, South Africa was a major hub for maritime trade between Asia and Europe, and in the wake of traders came successive waves of Christian missionaries, originating in the Netherlands, the British Isles, France in the United States. Many... More
Spread of Islam in Africa c. 1000
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Spread of Islam in Africa c. 1000
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Islam swept the Mediterranean margins of Africa in the 7th century at the point of a sword. Southward permeation was more gradual: invasions of Christian Makuria were twice repulsed, in 642 and 652. Thereafter, the primary vehicle for conversion was via the trade routes, across the Sahara and down the... More
The Christian Churches of Manila c. 1650
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The Christian Churches of Manila c. 1650
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The one significant Spanish territory in Asia was the Philippines, first claimed for Spain by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 and named for a Spanish king. The first Catholic mass was conducted on the island of Limasawa on Easter Sunday, 1521. Within a month the king and queen of Cebu had... More