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Christianity in China
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Excerpt from Christianity in China: A FragmentIt is not, however, necessary to the immediate purpose of this book that we Should trace with minute detail the early history of Christianity in China.l Whether St. Thomas the Apostle, as some have deemed, passed from India into China, is a question which, however full of interest on other accounts, need not detain us, nor do the early N estorian missions, once so active and energetic, but of which every trace has long Since been obliterated, merit our attention.2 It was the irreparable misfor tune of a large part of Asia to be visited in the early ages by false apostles, deeply tainted with heresy, and to this fact is perhaps to be attributed a large Share of the multiplied disasters which, during many ages, marked the course of religion in these remote countries. But these are subjects altogether foreign to the special inquiry which we are about to pursue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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