RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Cheondoism, Pope Clement Xi, Filial Piety

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Victor Soﾍgen Hori

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(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Seoul contains eleven of the world"s twelve largest christian . Christianity 29. 3% catholic 10. 9%, protestant 18. 3% (christianity is an exclusive affiliation) Buddhism 22. 8% (not exclusive affiliation, you can be member of another religion) Bishop simeon burneux, tortured and beheaded march 7th, Pope francis beatified 124 korean catholic martyrs. Jesuits in china from 1599: missionize among the upper class. Franciscans in china from 1633: missionize among farmer and peasants. Ancestor ritual: jesuits approve, dominicans disapprove. 1704 pope clement xi bans ancestor rites. 1939 pope puis xii permits ancestor rites (cid:1) (cid:1) Yun chi-ch"ung, kwon sang-yon executed for conducting a funeral without a spirit tablet ancestral rites filial piety. The spirit tablet is considered as the spirit of the death. Symbolic vs literal : hole in the spirit tablet by which the spirit enters in the spirit tablet. Up to 1905 protestants ban ancestor rites.