A woman prays at a cathedral in Beijing. Experts estimate that there were as many as 12 million Catholics on the mainland as of last year, with about half of the congregations under a state-sanctioned association. The rest belong to non-sanctioned or so-called 'underground' churches.
What about all the people that post here swearing Christian churches are illegal?
China will construct a “Chinese Christian theology” suitable for the country===
Funniest thing I have read all day!
Ex 3:13,14
Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Who are these so called experts?
I have known people who have worshiped with Chinese Catholics and have said that Chinese Catholics are the most devout, sincere, resolute, religious people they have ever seen. They truly suffer for their faith and are very quiet and very secretive about their faith. They have their own codes for recognition of one another.
They have almost no actual churches. They worship at improvised, continually changing locations.
Most are secret Catholics and hide their identity for survival.
They estimate there are at least 30-40 million secret Catholics in China.
Many “members” of the state run church in China are really sincere Catholics but just pretend to belong to the state run church so that they can keep an eye on the Communist spies who are infiltrating their religion.
Who the hell thinks the Chinese government will come up with anything except a set of doctrines that fit historic Chinese beliefs and servitude to the government?
Confucius with "Christian" Rock to keep the kids coming back.
God help the Chinese Christians.
Worked well for Elizabeth I.
“China will construct a “Chinese Christian theology” suitable for the country, state media reported on Thursday, as both the number of believers and tensions with the authorities are on the rise. “
The Nazi Party tried this same trick in the 1930s.
Nothing new, people have been inventing their own version of Christianity for over 2000 years.
Jesus Christ is not a religion, He is: the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ...Titus 2:13