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Chinese and Chinese American ancestor veneration in the Catholic Church, 635 A.D. to the present [electronic resource] / Beverly J. Butcher ; with a foreword by David J. Hufford.

By: Language: English, Chinese Original language: Chinese Publication details: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010Description: 1 online resource (viii, 447 p., 12 leaves of plates) ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN:
  • 0773429980 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780773429987 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 261.2/95120951 22
LOC classification:
  • BX1665 .B88 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Nestorians in China: the first period: 635-845 -- Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368 -- European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go east, 1495-1583 -- The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610 -- Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722 -- The Chinese rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842 -- The twentieth century: the church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari -- The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service -- The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States -- Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-439) and index.

Nestorians in China: the first period: 635-845 -- Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368 -- European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go east, 1495-1583 -- The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610 -- Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722 -- The Chinese rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842 -- The twentieth century: the church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari -- The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service -- The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States -- Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?

Appendix has selections in Chinese with English translations.

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