China Quote by Hu Shih

“Thirdly, in other parts, where they have a written language, as in the East-Indies, China, Japan, &c. they know nothing of the gospel. The…

— William Carey

“...to become a Christian one did not have to become a European. [Jesuit mission philosophy]”

— John W. O'Malley S.J

“The Spaniards forced popery upon the inhabitants of South-America, and the Portuguese in Asia. The Jesuits were sent into China in 1552. Xavier, whom…

— William Carey

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe…

— Hu Shih

I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits... Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religious toleration to offer them an asylum.

— John Adams

I was in a fascinating meeting where one man had been in China recently. A Chinese professor has found evidence that Christians reached Western…

— Dallas Willard

“The missionaries did not come to Foochow to acquire property, learn the language, or even to establish amicable relations with their Chinese neighbors. Nor,…

— Ellsworth C. Carlson

The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but…

— Lin Yutang

Christianity had never been more itself, more consistent with Jesus and more evidently en route to its own future, than in the launching of…

— Ben F. Meyer

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so…

— Hu Shih

Missionaries never give up on their dream of peace, even when they experience difficulties and persecution, which makes their presence strongly felt today.

— Pope Francis