| Contents |
The underground church in China -- Matteo Ripa's attempt to establish a school for Chinese priests in China -- Founding of the Chinese college for priests in Naples -- Racial and cultural tensions between Chinese and European priests in China -- Emergence of the underground church -- European and Chinese forms of martyrdom. |
| Abstract |
"This book studies the Chinese Catholic church in a time of persecution, focusing in particular on the role of Chinese clergy and lay leaders in maintaining communities of clandestine Catholics. D. E. Mungello portrays a world in flux, where the certainties of the past were beginning to give way to new insights"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Mungello, D. E. (David Emil), 1943- This suffering is my joy Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021 9781538150306 |
| Genre/form | Church history. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020049493 |
| ISBN | 9781538150290 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1538150298 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
