CatholicismisforeigntoChina.TherearemanydifferentopinionsonwhenCatholicismwasfirstintroducedintoChinaintheworldofacademia.AccordingtoDaQinJingJiaoLiuXingZhongGuoBei(theMemorialofthePropagationinChinaoftheLuminousReligionfromDaqin),whichwasunearthedin1626inXian,themajorityofthescholarsagreedthatChristianitywasfirstintroducedintoChinawasinTangDynastyinthe7thCentury.ButJingJiao,whichwasfirstintroducedintoChina,wasonedenominationofChristianity,nottheCatholicChurchwhichthisbooktalksabout.
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