A Sino-Christian Church?

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I gather that the Jesuit missionaries to china in the 16th and 17th Centuries, e.g Matteo Ricci and others, wanted to create a particular Church in communion with Rome based on Chinese culture, much like the Syrian and Eastern Catholic churches. Does anyone have any views on this/opinions on this? Even better, are there any Chinese catholics around, who would like to offer their opinions?

Also, as a side note, does anyone have any opinions for/against canonization/beatification of Matteo Ricci? In my view it could be good, since the Chinese already consider him a great person for his contributions to 16th and 17th century Chinese science and scholarship.
 
ExLuxLucis said:
I gather that the Jesuit missionaries to china in the 16th and 17th Centuries, e.g Matteo Ricci and others, wanted to create a particular Church in communion with Rome based on Chinese culture, much like the Syrian and Eastern Catholic churches. Does anyone have any views on this/opinions on this? Even better, are there any Chinese catholics around, who would like to offer their opinions?
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What the Jesuits attempted was more-or-less what we would call today “inculturation” and is often referred to as the “Chinese Rites controversy.”

In any case, it was of and for the Roman Church. It had absolutely nothing to do with the ancient and venerable Oriental and Eastern Churches, which are Apostolic in nature, just as is the Church of Rome.
 
There was once a Patriarchate of Peking before the Jesuits ever made it to China.
 
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There was once a Patriarchate of Peking before the Jesuits ever made it to China.
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It’s an interesting legend but even if the legend were true, I don’t think there’s anything in it about “native rites” and such.
 
The Assyrian Church was certainly in China long before the Latin missionaries arrived.
 
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