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The Jesuits and China
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Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus
This Creighton University site deals with Jesuit efforts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. It is part of the Xavier Cultural Center of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The Church in China -- entry from The Catholic Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia entry offers an overview of early Christianity in China and the work of Catholic missionaries (from various orders).
This Fairfield University site includes a paintings and short biographies of noted Jesuits, including those working in Asia. Organized alphabetically and recommended.
Jesuits in China: A Historical Approach
Housed at Creighton University and the work of Father Jorge Ayala, S.J., this is an annotated chronology of the Jesuits in China.
Martyrs in China -- an entry from The Catholic Encyclopedia
This online encyclopedia is part of the Knights of Columbus website. This entry by Henri Cordier traces growing intolerance of Christian missionaries to the late Ming dynasty. The entry lists Catholic missionaries killed in China through 1906.
This is an article published on the Christian History website by Ralph R. Covell , is professor of world missions at Denver Seminary in Colorado. He is author of Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ: A History of the Gospel in Chinese (Orbis, 1986).
This exhibition includes images and maps from writings in Chinese by Matteo Ricci, Adam Schall von Bell, and others.
Excerpts drawn from World History readers. Includes observations on printing and government.
Biography -- Ricci the mathematician
Includes a discussion of Ricci's training, the works he produced and his work teaching mathematics in China. His birthplace is shown on a map and reference is made to a crater on the moon named after him.
Encarta Encyclopedia entry on Matteo Ricci
A Korean Prayer in Memory of Matteo Ricci
From the JeungSanDo DoJeon Publication Association in Korea.
Great Moments in Catholic History: Matteo Ricci's Chinese Adventure
This essay by Fr. Jacques Monet, S.J. opens with Ricci's entry into Beijing in 1601.