I bet that The Guardian is orgasmic about that.
Maybe Pope Francis would like to put some of these fellows into the curia.
Nobody expects the Chinese Inquisition!
In September 2017, the State Council issued revised Regulations on Religious Affairs (《宗教事务条例》), furthering tightening control of religious activities. The government has stepped up administrative measures to “sinocize” Christianity, and demolition of crosses and church buildings themselves. Churches are forced to display the national flag and sing praise of the Communist Party. China Change collected videos posted by churchgoers around the country and put them into one video to give our readers some visceral sense of the crackdown.
On September 1, 2018, under mounting pressure, 29 pastors in mainland China, led by Pastor Wang Yi, issued “A Statement for the Christian Faith.” As of now, more than 400 church leaders have signed it. The statement makes clear that the churches led by the signatories will only acknowledge, and submit to, the highest authority that is God, and that they will thus teach their members.
The church leaders said that they would accept the government’s lawful regulation on civil organizations, but their churches would refuse to be co-opted by state-controlled religious organizations, nor would they register with religious management offices. Outlaw orders and fines levied on the churches, they said, would not be recognized or accepted. “For the sake of the gospel, we are ready to shoulder losses, and if we have to, pay the price of losing freedom and even life.”
On the day when Zion Church was shut down, Pastor Wang Yi delivered a forceful sermon: “We believe we have the responsibility to tell Xi Jinping that he is a sinner, and that the government he leads has greatly offended God, because he has used force against the church of Lord Jesus Christ. If he does not repent, he must perish. We have to tell evil men like him that they still have a way out, that there is only one way out, that way is the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
Would we in the US be as forceful in preaching the Gospel if we were persecuted as they are?
Since many Christians in the US can't even stand against the token persecution from the Leftists that make up government, I wonder.
“In China, They’re Closing Churches, Jailing Pastors – and Even Rewriting Scripture”
Shoot... in America they’ve been rewriting Scripture for a couple of centuries. And I give it five more years before they’re jailing pastors here.
” ... and Even Rewriting Scripture. “
ooow; I think they’re going to regret that; like Big Time.
The chicoms require they approve the appointment of all catholic bishops
Thank the Pope.
Any word from the feckless fauxp?
Isn’t it great how we closed our factories and sent them to this nice friendly Asian country. Love and unicorns all the way around.
But don't worry, any translation, be it in English or Chinese or Sanskrit, cannot be an inspired rendering, only an attempt to get what was in the Hebraic or first-century Greek-speaker's mind into the hearer's 21st-century perception.
If the Chinese government politicizes their version, no one will take it seriously anyway.
CHINA BIBLE
And Jesus said unto the disciples,
“Love others as the State would love you.”
Jesus in the Temple, angerly overturned the tax tables,
because you are not charging enough!
Charge 105% tax from the peasants.