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Tracing the little-known history of the first underground Catholic church in China, Mungello illuminates the century between the imperial expulsion of missionaries in 1724 and their return with European colonialism in the 1800s. This time of persecution offered an opportunity for the Chinese, rather than Europeans, to control their own church.
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
1 The Underground Church in China
Historical Background
The Auspicious Beginning of Catholicism in China
The Eighteenth-Century Crisis
2 Matteo Ripa's Attempt to Establish a School for Chinese Priests in China
Fr. Matteo Ripa's Spiritual Vision
Ripa's Journey to China
Ripa at the Chinese Court
Ripa's First School for Boys
Opposition to Ripa's School
Ripa Departs Beijing with Five Chinese
The Journey from Guangzhou (Canton) to London and Naples
3 Founding of the Chinese College for Priests in Naples
Financial Struggles in Founding the Chinese College
The First Chinese College Graduates Return to China
Problems with Chinese Students in Naples
More Students Arrive from China
Lucio Wu as Ripa's "Perpetual Cross to Bear"
Lucio's Second Flight and Imprisonment in Castel Sant'Angelo
4 Racial and Cultural Tensions between Chinese and European Priests
Fr. Filippo Huang in China
Fr. Huang's Struggles as a Missionary in Northern Shanxi
Growing Tensions between Chinese and European Priests
Anti-Christian Movement ("Great Persecution") of 1784
5 Emergence of the Underground Church
The Underground Church in Japan
The Formation of Chinese Jesuit Priests
Chinese Priests and Catechists in Sichuan
The Formation of Chinese Underground Priests
Christian Virgins (Chaste Women) in Sichuan
Chinese Priests in Jiangnan
6 European and Chinese Forms of Martyrdom
Sacrifice and Martyrdom among Chinese Priests and Catechists
Indigenous Chinese Catholic Leadership
Mendicant Martyrdoms
Chinese Christian Martyrdoms
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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