Christianity
The letters of Timothy I, who was Patriarch of the Nestorian Church, dated as early as the beginning of the 9th century, is the oldest evidence of Christian missionaries in Tibet. Recent historical research indicates the presence of some form of Christianity in as early as the 6th and 7th centuries in Tibet.
It is not known whether Odoric of Pordenone may have entered Tibet. Antonio de Andrade established a mission station in Tsaparang (Ladakh), but after he left the community of nearly 400 in 1630, Tibetan lamas destroyed the station in 1631.
Work on Bible translations into Tibetan resulted in a Bible in Tibetan script in 1948, but this specific dialect is now understood by very few Tibetans, so new works are in progress. Scripture portions and evangelistic materials ranging from written tracts to the Jesus film and other video and audio CDs are now being distributed.
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Famous quotes containing the word christianity:
“In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbours. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbour.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“It is our taste that decides against Christianity now, no longer our reasons.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only “instinct” I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as “the sin of avarice.””
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)