Chinese Rites controversy

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The Chinese Rites controversy was a major 17th–18th century dispute within the Catholic Church over whether traditional Chinese ancestral and Confucian rites could be considered compatible with Christian doctrine.

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Chinese Rites controversy canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
theological dispute ⓘ
about compatibility of Confucian rites with Christian doctrine ⓘ
status of ancestor veneration in Christianity ⓘ
translation of Christian terms into Chinese ⓘ
chronology peaked in early 18th century ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
hasCause Jesuit policy of accommodation to Chinese culture ⓘ
disagreement over nature of Confucianism ⓘ
question whether ancestral rites are civil or religious ⓘ
hasEffect condemnation of Chinese rites as superstitious by the Holy See ⓘ
debate on cultural accommodation in missionary work ⓘ
imperial ban on Christian preaching in China ⓘ
long-term decline of Catholic missions in Qing China ⓘ
restriction of Christian missions in China ⓘ
hasPart dispute over Confucian rites ⓘ
dispute over ancestral veneration ⓘ
imperial Chinese edicts on Christian missions ⓘ
papal decrees on Chinese rites ⓘ
historicalPeriod Counter-Reformation ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
influenced 20th-century reassessment of Chinese rites by the Vatican ⓘ
later Catholic teaching on inculturation ⓘ
involves Charles Maigrot ⓘ
Dominicans ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus

Kangxi Emperor ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi

Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ
Pope Clement XI ⓘ
Propaganda Fide ⓘ
Yongzheng Emperor ⓘ
linked to: Yongzheng
location China ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
mainTopic Catholic missions in China ⓘ
Chinese rites ⓘ
inculturation in Christianity ⓘ
opposedBy Dominican missionaries ⓘ
Franciscan missionaries ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Kangxi Emperor’s 1706 edict against missionaries refusing rites ⓘ
Yongzheng Emperor’s 1724 proscription of Christianity ⓘ
papal bull Ex illa die (1715) ⓘ
papal bull Ex quo singulari (1742) ⓘ
papal decree Cum Deus Optimus (1704) ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
supportedBy Jesuit missionaries ⓘ

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Pope Clement XI → involvedIn → Chinese Rites controversy ⓘ
Spanish missions in Asia → notableEvent → Chinese Rites controversy ⓘ