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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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