To become like Them: The Rites Controversy

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“Go, therefore and make disciples of all the nations,” is the essence of Christianity. Jesus Christ commanded his followers to go to all the directions of the world and share the good news. But how is one to do this when these nations are full of cultures and differences that these disciples had yet to encounter? Throughout the history of Christianity, we see many types of Christianities taking place through different forms of leadership, and hierarchy. To each, they contain their own views, ideas and concepts on how Christianity should look and what it should contain all the while trying to keep the very foundations of Christ’s teachings. But as the world continues to get older and grander, we begin to see the practices and factors of Christianity being weakened by the unnoticed acts of Jesus and his ideas of social cultural acceptances. By taking a look at the Chinese Rites Controversy, I will argue the importance of culture and the adaptation of culture in evangelical approaches.
In the bible we see that one of the first well-known missionaries was the Apostle Paul. Even though we see that Paul had background work in taking care of or killing those who did not share the same mind set as he did, he did however experience a life changing moment where he was able see the importance of acceptance and bringing Christianity into ones own identity. The work of the Apostle Paul was given by God to serve all people and share with them God’s grace and message through Jesus Christ. 3 This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for[a] Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— 2 for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you,.” Paul traveled to many places and was known for sharing the...

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...ki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (1) George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (3)
George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (3)
Samuel Hugh Moffett. A History of Christianity in Asia. Volume II (105)
George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (4)
George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (4)
George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (5)George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (6)
George Minamiki, S.J. The Chinese Rites Controversy from Its beginning to Modern Times, (8) Samuel Hugh Moffett. A History of Christianity in Asia. Volume II (120)

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