A Passage to China (走近中国) - Christianity

It is recorded that Christianity (called Jingjiao then) came into China as early as about the 5th ot 6th century. First it came into Xinjiang, China, via a Syrian Christian sect (The Nestorians), and in the middle of the 7th century, it entered the inner land. The large stone stele made in 781, which is now displayed in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xi’an, tells the historical event that a Syrian named Raban presented Christian scriptures to the imperial court in Chang’an, capital of the Tang Dynasty.

The Jesuits were the major Christian group that followed the Nestorians into China. Tow priests, Matter Ricci and Michael Ruggieri, were permitted to set up base at Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province in the 1580s and latter Christianity spread up to Beijing. It was not until in the 19th century when western powers invaded China that the large number of Catholic and Protestant missionaries entered China and established themselves and a lot of churches as well. There are two major terms in China for Christianity, Tianzhu Jiao and Yesu Jiao refers to Roman Catholic Church and Yesu Jiao means Protestantism.

Catholic influence reached China several times after the 7th century, and Protestantism was introduced into China in the early 19th century. Now there are more than 4,600 Catholic churches and over 12,000 Protestant churches, as well as over 25,000 other types of Christian places of worship in China.

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