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The Idea of "Kingdom of God" in four Apostolic Drawings in Cheng Shi Muo Yuan: An Approach based on Apostolic Strategies of Missionaries in 16(superscript th) and 17(superscript th) Centuries


Author
Mei-Tin Huang
Synopsis

The missionaries in 16(superscript th) and 17(superscript th) centuries came to Goa in India with hope to transmit the ”Truth” of Christianity into China. They got a dream to evangelize this country. How did they spread the ”Truth” with their cross-cultural understanding on the culture dominated by Confucianism? This paper focuses on analyzing Truth of Christianity:” Kingdom of God” in four apostolic drawings given by Matteo Ricci based on his apostolic Strategies in Cheng Shi Muo Yuan.