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arrival of Roman Catholic missionaries in the Middle Kingdom. |
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Great
Wall of China
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Nestorian
Christianity was planted in China probably as early as the sixth century.
A Roman Catholic evangelist, the Franciscan
friar John of Montecorvino, arrived in 1294. He succeeded in creating a
thriving mission and was named Archbishop of Cambaluc and Patriarch of the
East by Pope Clement V. Other missionaries later followed with the approval
of the reigning Yuan dynasty. After the Yuan dynasty fell in 1368, Christians
were expelled from the capital and public Christianity vanished from sight.
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