Chapter 253: Preaching and Christianity

However, the biggest change in the system is to say that it is preaching, although the system has always been aimed at preaching, but there has been no explanation of this aspect, such as things like the acceptance of disciples in the sect, there has never been a task, and this time it is different, after the system is updated, Ye Xiang began to be asked to preach. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This is also the reason why Ye Xiang wants to go home to see if the mountain in his hometown is suitable for establishing a sect.

After all, if you want to preach, you must always have a teacher, only with a sect, can you officially accept disciples and pass them on, instead of accepting one or two apprentices like those small sects, and passing it on is over, what Ye wants to do is to pass on the Taoism like Longhu Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, Shaomu Mountain and other major sects.

After reading the content of the system update, Ye Xiang began to think about how to preach, preaching is a big thing, Ye Xiang wants to preach, first of all, it will squeeze the living space of other Taoist sects and Buddhism, but fortunately, Ye Xiang himself is a Taoist person, so he will naturally get the support of Taoism, I believe that in such a big environment, there is such a Taoist person who can promote Taoism, most people in Taoism will be very happy, as for Buddhism, it can only be said then.

The other is Christianity, which is a collective term for all denominations that worship Jesus Christ as their savior, also known as Christianity.

Ye wanted to promote Taoism all over the world, so Christianity was a great potential enemy.

When we talk about Christianity, we have to talk about Jesus.

In the first century C.E., Christianity was founded by Jesus of Nazareth in present-day Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, inheriting the Jewish Bible and many cultural traditions, believing that God created and ruled the world.

This belief alone has already clashed with Taoism, which believes that the great god Pangu created the world, while Western Christianity believes that God created the world and dominates the world, and this alone is enough to cause religious wars.

In addition, Christianity believes that human beings have sinned since the first patriarchs because they did not obey God's law, and they died in sorrow in their sins, and that only by believing in the Triune God can they be saved with the help of Jesus Christ.

Jesus' birth and sacrifice to redeem mankind marked the re-establishment of the new covenant between God and mankind, bringing the gospel of God's salvation and announcing the end of the Old Testament era.

In the course of his preaching, Jesus recruited 12 apostles to atone for the sins of the world through the sacrifice on the cross.

Later, Jesus was crucified, resurrected three days after his death, ascended to heaven on the 40th day after his resurrection, and sent the Holy Spirit on the 50th day, starting a glorious development that continues to this day.

The expression of Christian faith is based on the Bible as the core blueprint and the faith documents formed by the apostles, churches, and guilds of the past dynasties as the carrier, and the content is very rich. The Apostles' Creed is recognized by churches and theologians throughout the ages as the most admirable and reliable summary.

As the Christian (Protestant) version of the Apostles' Creed says: "I believe in the Almighty Father of God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God." Conceived by the Holy Spirit born of the virgin Mary, crucifixion at Pontius Pilate, crucified, died, buried, descended to Hades, rose from the dead on the third day, ascended into heaven, sat at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and from there will come down to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, I believe in the Holy and Catholic Church, I believe in the communion of saints, I believe in the forgiveness of sins, I believe in the resurrection of the body, I believe in eternal life. Amen!"

Jesus Christ is the origin of God, not man, who took the flesh of Mary, the virgin of Mary, in response to the Holy Spirit, to fulfill the will of God the Father for the salvation of the world. This is the so-called "incarnation."

To be honest, Ye Xiang thinks that this point has something in common with Taoism and even Buddhism, and the three schools all believe that human beings can be incarnated.

If Christianity is only spreading in the West, Ye Xiang will not be worried, but now that Christianity has spread widely in China, this kind of conflict between the East and the West will definitely cause great conflicts, but no matter how big the conflict is, Ye Xiang will promote Taoism.

Speaking of the spread of Christianity in China, we must first talk about the Tang Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Tang Zhenguan, the Christian Nestorian sect was introduced to China and called "Nestorianism".

During the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, Jingjiao was treated leniently and developed greatly, so that at that time, Jingjiao monasteries were generally built in various states, called the prosperity of "Ten Dao of Faliu" and "Temple Full of Hundred Cities".

However, in the fifth year of Huichang, it was affected by the imperial court's edict banning Buddhism, and the spread was interrupted in the Central Plains.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Catholicism and Nestorian sects were introduced, commonly known as "Yeli Kewen Religion" or "Cross Religion".

By the thirties of the 14th century, there were 30,000 believers, and their range of activities reached as far as Xinjiang, Mongolia and other frontier areas, in addition to Dadu and Jiangnan. The sect was more accepted among the Mongol nobility and court officials, but it was not widely spread among the people, and was interrupted with the fall of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Catholicism was reintroduced by Jesuit missionaries, and the missionaries represented by Matteo Ricci brought a large number of Western science and technology and knowledge culture, and promoted the development of astronomy, calendar, water conservancy and other fields in China.

In particular, the spread of Chinese culture to the West made outstanding contributions, and Chinese officials such as Xu Guangqi were baptized one after another, and more than 500 people from the court and the court scholars and doctors were consecrated.

The story of the Kangxi Emperor's intimate relationship with the missionaries in the Qing Dynasty, and the inscription of many poems and couplets for Christianity, can be said to be the period of love between Christianity and China. In the 18th century, it was banned by the Qing Dynasty due to the "Chinese Etiquette Dispute".

It can be said that before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Christianity preached in China, or combined with the national conditions of China, after all, China at that time would not agree that the emperor's ascension to the throne required the consent of the pope, at that time this kind of thinking was very rebellious, but in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, especially after the Opium War, Christianity once again spread its dogma in Europe, in which the divine right of the monarch was once again proposed.

In 1807, Morrison, a Protestant missionary, went to Chuting to preach, which was the beginning of the introduction of Protestantism to China.

After the Opium War, Christian denominations were again introduced into China in large numbers, and because their missions were protected by unequal treaties, there were many religious cases and non-Christian movements in 1922.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Chinese Church has demanded the independence of the Chinese Church.

After the May Fourth Movement in 1919, the Catholic Church implemented the "Chineseization" measures in China, employing a large number of Chinese clergy.

In 1922, the Protestant denominations also convened a national Christian conference in the magic capital, putting forward the idea of "true churches" and the "three-self" principle of "self-support, autonomy, and self-propagation", and established the All-China Christian Association. (To be continued.) )