Inkulturasi (Katolik): Perbedaan antara revisi

[[Matteo Ricci]] adalah seorang [[Yesuit]], [[Adam Schall von Bell]] and others had successfully introduced Christianity to China. Ricci and Schall were appointed by the [[Chinese Emperor]] in [[Peking]] to be court [[mathematician]]s court [[astronomer]] and even [[Mandarin]]. The first Catholic Church was built in Peking in [[1650]].<ref>Franzen 323</ref> The emperor granted freedom of religion to Catholics. Ricci had adapted the Catholic faith to Chinese thinking, permitting among others the cultic veneration of ancestors, which he described as a mere cultural practice. The Holy See disagreed, deeming the veneration an act of worship and hence [[idolatry]], and forbade any adaptation in the so-called [[Chinese Rites controversy]] in 1692 and 1742. The Chinese emperor felt duped and refused to permit any alteration of the existing Christian practices. The Church experienced missionary setbacks in 1721 when the [[Kangxi Emperor]] to outlaw Christian missions.<ref name="McManners328">McManners, ''Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity'' (1990), p. 328, Chapter 9 The Expansion of Christianity by [[John McManners]]</ref> According to Franzen, "The Vatican policy was the death of the missions in China." <ref>Franzen 324</ref>