Nice. I always thought that fascinating, that Brazil has the highest Japanese pop outside the homeland. Still waiting to see videos on brazilian ninjitsu, like how brazilian jujitsu was revolutionized. Then again, with ninjas, i guess we’d never find them in the first place xD
Amazing video! I learned so much about Christianity in Japan. I always wondered why Christian missionaries weren't as successful in JP as they were in other parts of the world. Quite shocked actually to learn that persecution was a thing for Christians on the other side of the world. Such a non-subject these days, such a hidden part of History. Thanks again! Very well put 👏👏👏 God bless!
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
I am an Irish Catholic. Much less earnest than I should be. Almost apostate if truth be known. But your account inspires me and reminds me of what my forefathers and foremothers went through to stay true to the faith that the apostles gave us, despite all the efforts of the ‘established’ church that Elizabeth knocked together for political reasons. Thank you.
At least I can tell my Presbyterian friends that I am as anti-Erastian as they. I respect you but disagree on fundamentals. Your people suffered for your principles too.
@@donalfoley2412i would recommend returning/strengthening your relationship with Christ, friend, He is the only truth in the world and only way to God. I recommend sources on youtube such as Expedition Bible, Answers in Genesis, Jason Lisle, Dr. James Tour, pastor robert breaker, pastor RC Sproul, to name a few. most likely you just lack understanding and foundation, like many christians and people raised christians do and did. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV tells us to study the word of God as well, to show ourselves approved, and 1 Peter 3:15 KJV that we must always be able to explain our faith to others. also, whenever reading the bible or referencing a verse, be sure to read the many surrounding verses and the passages before and after it, in order to get the complete picture, since verses can be taken out of context if you don't, and also verses and chapter numbers were added into the bible around 464 years ago. anyway, I'll leave you to it and pray for you. God bless you and your friends and family.
i recommend you return/strengthen your relationship with Christ, friend, He is the only truth and the only way to God. youtube sources i recommend are Expedition Bible, Answers in Genesis, Jason Lisle, Dr James Tour, Daily Dose of Wisdom, pastor Mike Winger, pastor Robert Breaker, pastor RC Sproul, to name a few. you probably just lack sufficient understanding and foundation to your faith, like many christians and people who were raised christian do and did. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV tells us we ought to study the Word of God to show ourselves approved, and 1 Peter 3:15 KJV tells us to be able to explain our faith to others, so God wants you to be educated in your faith, but remember, salvation doesn't come from head knowledge; it's the heart, it's complete and total trust, belief, faith in Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ alone and what He did for us on the cross, being the propitiation of our sins. Believing on Jesus alone is what saves you. (refer to 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV). anyway, I'll leave you to it, and I'll pray for you. God bless you and your family.
@@JaggerbushJapan has a mostly atheist population the largest in the world in fact but the remaining are either Shintoist, Buddhist, and a very small Christian population
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
@@maukachauka8793What do you mean failed? We persevered Islam and communism with millions martyred. On the other hand you made converts through the sword and money. Power is what characterized both papism and Protestantism. Not very Christ-like.
@@HellenicLegend7You can make up whatever lying excuse, but Rome converted millions and had great saints, such as the martyrs of Nagasaki. Your church didn't persevere through anything, it failed, it evangelized nobody for a thousand years, and now it's gay (look at greece). The time for world wide evangelizing has passed. It's now the end times. The Militant Catholic Church on earth is dying, and so is the world. If you can't historically assess the failure of the orthodox church you are just dishonest
Late comment, what’s your opinion in the missionaries’ approach to the ancestor traditions? While the way it was at the time was probably incompatible, the catholics and greeks and anglicans do have the concept of Saints and the Holy departed. Maybe a bit more patience was needed-but maybe I’m not taking the political circumstances into account
Your video is incomplete because don’t mention Orthodox Christianity at all (except for their numbers in 1912 at 44:00). Nothing about St. Nicholas of Japan and Paul Takuma, his first convert, a former samurai and Shinto priest who originally went to his home to kill him. Without wealth or political influence (unlike the Catholic and Protestant missionaries) he made many converts to Christ while in a hostile environment.
We keep our heads down that's why also for the longest time there was an animosity between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox but the Greek Orthodox Church of the Byzantine Empire . did not follow the merchantmen as the Roman Church did.
I want to talk about some very important Christian History that's been forgotten when it comes to Japan. It concerns the end of World War 2. Did you know that Japan was once home to the Largest Christian church in ALL of Asia? The Urakami Cathedral had been constructed within the Urakami District, this location was where hidden Christians resided during the 17th to 19th centuries during the nation's ban on Christianity. It's a miracle of God that they managed to thrive throughout that time and were able to construct this cathedral once the ban was lifted. The City that the Urakami District resided in had been a stronghold of Christianity in Japan since the 16th century, with a resilient community that survived centuries of persecution. The city had the largest concentration of Christians in Japan, and the Urakami Cathedral was a central place of worship and community life. What city did the Urakami district reside in? Nagasaki. The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, was detonated extremely close to the Urakami Cathedral. The bomb, known as "Fat Man," exploded approximately 500 meters away from the Urakami Cathedral. The cathedral was almost directly under the bomb's hypocenter. The force of the explosion devastated the church, causing it to be destroyed along with the surrounding area. The proximity of the detonation to the cathedral is one of the reasons why the destruction in the area was so severe. The American government and military were responsible for the loss of the hyper majority of the Christian community in Nagasaki, and without a shadow of a doubt had eviscerated the Christian influence in that country all at once. Their excuse for why they detonated the bomb over the largest influence of Christianity in all of Japan? It was an accident. They missed their target apparently, which was far, FAR away. Everything I've studied points to the fact that Satan had a hand in this monstrous moment in history. It was deliberate. And now Japan has one of the lowest Christian influences compared to other countries worldwide. We must pray for a revival in Japan. We must repent for our support of terrible American actions that led to the loss of so many innocent, Christian lives. I beg you. I beg all of you. Pray for Japan.
This video left out Aramaic speaking Assyrian missionaries that were in Japan starting 8th century. Christianity was doing extremely well in Japan for a period of time, some members of Japanese Royal families converted and started speaking in Aramaic. Arimasa Kubo and Sakae Ikeda of Kyoto University have done extensive research on Aramaic speaking Christians who travelled to Asia to spread Christianity, not only in Japan but also before reaching Japan they were in China from 7th century and they reached their peak in 14th century during the Yuan Dynasty
Um... historical Sources? It's interesting that there is nothing in either Japanese or Chinese records of Assyrian Christian missions to Japan, especially during the Tang dynasty era. It's well known the Nestorian creed was widespread throughout Central Asia and China, but there's absolutely zero evidence of it ever reaching Japan.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 Youll find a lot of sources from Arimasu Kubo's and Sakae Ikeda's research. There have been dozens of Assyrian artifacts found at Japanese temples, like for example an Assyrian helmet was found at Gojikai Temple in Fukuoka and is currently on display at the Gojikai Temple Museum.
@@eurostar0711there’s still not a proof nor a historically accepted truth about your claims tho even if you search google ! Just like the Muslim claims of the emperor Meiji in 1906 converted to Islam or every Japanese convert to Islam just because he has ties with the ottoman empire and used this as a propaganda to bring down the west ! But one thing is for sure our people started to see the threat in a religious delusion even now in 21st century there’s a lot of missionaries here trying their hardest to convert our people while failing to do so ! The ego and self righteousness of these self entitled people is the real problem giving foreigners a bad rep ! if samurai still exist today these missionaries would have a hard time here but lucky for them our government works on secularism while still keeping an eye on religious threats …
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said. There is this book also even though it is about the Missionary work of The Assyrian Church of The East which at one time was wrongfully labeled Nestorian, it was also called the Church of Persia when it was under the Persian rule, and it also has the tile of The Assyrian Church of The East BY FOOT TO CHINA Mission of The Church of the East, to 1400 By John M. L. Young Chairman Japan Presbyterian Mission
If you are Japanese or in an area that is very heavy with nonbelievers, then hear me out. I decided i would pray every single day at least once, for an amazing testimony to share with people. In my heart, i believed i would have kept praying for the rest of my life, if i had too. So after 8 months or so, God gave an AMAZING testimony that is very real... Then, that event strengthened my faith to the point that i started getting amazing prayers answered very often because i quit doubting... and was alinged with the Bibles instructions. Then, i started copying and pasting my testimony all over these UA-cam comment sections and sharing it with people id meet... Im telling you, it adds up and sharing your testimony gets easy to do... Especially if its online. THIS way of reaching the masses is so effective and easy...
As a Japanese pls keep your beliefs to yourselves we had enough of foreign missionaries here that trying their hardest to convert us japanese while failing to do so ! We love to preserve our own culture and beliefs your kind of ppl are the reason why most foreigners here are given a bad rep ! Learn to respect other beliefs and culture just as we respect your choices in whatever books you believe in !
@@Makikikutelling Christian’s to keep their beliefs to themselves is like telling them not to breathe. People just love sticking their nose where it don’t belong
This video will get popular now because of the show Shogun, really an overlooked part of history - also shows how Christianity as a conquering force is unable to penetrate against an equally strong culture.
Thank you so much. I was always looking for a detailed video about christian history in Japan like this. I really enjoyed it. Lets also always think about that the true God is not calling for following a religion, but to personaly experience his truth and to search and ask for him. Did you ever pray and asked God for giving you a message and showing you his truth? Please do this prayer with all your heart and ask for the truth. Its really worth to pray at least once in your life, and ask God for who Jesus Christ really is. Thank you so much, and thank you for the video!
The Chinese delegation was not located at Dutch Deshima, but at a distance in the same Nagasaki harbour. The Dutch Museum on this weird little artificial island is now a beautifully restored part of Japanese history! From The Netherlands with ❤.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
One of the best video’s I’ve seen on UA-cam, thank you so much for sharing it. The last quote was both funny and sad honestly. I will keep it positive but as a Christian what a virtually complete failure of both Catholics and Protestants who turned our faith into a political and economic message in the past instead of a spiritual one. So many came and went and they could not understand the basics of the faith to explain to the people of Japan the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. It’s heart breaking, there is no hope in Shinto, there is no hope in Buddhism, and there is no hope in the secular…the wages of sin is death, only JESUS CHRIST solves that problem so truly as they say…the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I really respect the Japanese culture but like all cultures, there is good and bad, there is truth and there are lies, there is purpose and there is folly.
bruh whyd they be like "Mary is who forgives" when thats literally the reason why Christ was sacrificed in order to allow forgiveness of our sins. Mary did nothing she was just a woman who gave birth.
because all of the priesthood has been martyred. they were unknowledgable lay catholics who no longer had anyone to instruct them, so it's not surprising that they ended up conflating christianity with the local paganism
The following book also tells the story of how Christianity arrived in China long before the armies of the Vatican and their kings By Foot To China: Mission of The Church of the East, to 1400 By John M. L. Young, Chairman Japan Presbyterian Mission The dedication of the book read as follows : To the memory of the men of God who thirteen centuries ago first took the gospel to China - "the missionaries who traveled on foot, sandals on their feet, a staff in their hands, a basket on their backs, and in the basket the Holy Scriptures and the cross. They went over deep rivers and high mountains, thousands of miles, and on the way, meeting many nations, they preached to them the gospel of Christ." FROM AN ANCIENT TEXT There is not any Church in the world that spread the Christian faith to faraway lands like The Church of The East, but not many tell the truth because they want to obsure the great role that this Holy Church had for Christianity, the dedication and faith of its missionaries. Till today this Holy Apostolic Church has not been given its recognition and respect as it should have.
Thank you so much! The detailed Working of The Most High Lord God Plan of Redemption throughout history in just one nation Japan Awesome studying, thank you sincerely !
An interesting documentary of this aspect in Japan's history. Article 28 of the Meiji era constitution offered a qualified idea of religious freedom, stipulating that "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." Regrettably, the Tojo administration was able to assert the mentioned exceptions to shaft the Christinas.
My ancestor is Francois Caron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Caron (a French Huguenot who was aboard a VOC ship). I'm a descendant through this daughter Petronella and her husband who was also half-Japanese/half Dutch. I'm looking for any recommendations about what to read in order to better understand what was going on in Nagasaki and Hirado at the time. They both ended up in Jakarta. Ironically, Francois was a religious refugee whose Huguenot (Protestant) family had previously travelled to the Netherlands in order to avoid death by Catholics back in France. He had a truly interesting life.
These videos fail to mention why Toyotomi Hideyoshi banned Christianity. They destroyed temples, murdered, and tried to plunder territories, they were also involved in the slave trade. As a Japanese, I am proud of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Yes, as un African, I can tell you they did kill and slave trade and looted Africans pretending to be Christian, but they were not Christian, but they pretended to be Christian. when they not but those people are never been Christian they were just Pretender a thief because real Christian don't do evil but they do good and they follow Christ teaching the Lord said you know them by their fruits he said good Three berries good fruit and bad three berries bad fruit. And the Lord Jesus said to be careful those who were sheep clothes, but they are 🐺 inside. Jesus is the only savior because we humans need savior for our ourself in our from our Sin and without the Lord Jesus we I lost..
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Buddhism has gods. Not every denomination, but some. It's just that gods aren't very important in this religion. Buddhism includes a wide array of divine beings that are venerated in rituals, like devas, yasuras and yakshas. It also includes gods like the japanese kami. You should not comment on stuff you know nothing about. There is a word for that.
@@lillia5333 Wikipedia: Kami (Japanese: 神, [kaꜜmi]) are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion.
@@lillia5333 Deva Hinduism Deva means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism. ka·mi /ˈkämē/ noun a divine being in the Shinto religion.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Our Japanese compatriots were very wise to ban this religion. Their wisdom ensured that Japan maintained its cultural traditions and its religions even to this day, unlike other nations that saw their cultures, their religions, and even their languages irreparably harmed by this pernicious cult.
completely and utterly untrue, show me a cult that lived to today that was birthed within its original religion that hated it (judaism) and on top of THAT, was under the scrutinizing brutal rule of the roman empire, that also tried to snuff it out. show me any other religion that has prophecies shown and proved throughout history. show me another religion where it's eyewitness proof their founder died and rose from the dead. face it now, that Jesus, the God of the bible, is the truth, and the only way.
@@chheinrich8486 To be honest, I have tolerance for modern Christians, just as long as they do not get involved with politics. We do not want their oppressive ideology being imposed on women and minorities in Asia. If they keep their religion in their homes, and away from children and schools, no problem.
Seeing the Meiji and WW2 era state of Christianity was new for me, and very informative. It is always far less documented than the prosecution period. I did find it strange there was no mention of the nuclear bombing of the capital of Christianity in Japan though. Great video!
27:03 (Shimabara Rebellion) I think I've heard this battle a few times when hearing about the history of Japan closing itself off to the west for a long while in documentaries. But i think i recall hearing the name Shimbara reffered to as The Battle of Shimbara in the Samurai Showdown movie from the 1990s, with this character Amaksa Shiro Tokisata being the leader of said rebellion until they released something called Ankoshin Ambroshia right before he/she died. (pardon my horrible spelling) (i think in the original movie and game the character was a guy, but in the English dub of the movie the character was voiced by a woman. I think it was probably due to some confusion from the dubbing company with the way character was drawn and maybe not getting notes or something) Was that character from that movie/OVA/video game inspired by this event?
59:32 "The first general election under new constitution in 1947 was won by the Socialist Party with the Christian Katayama Tetsu to become Prime Minister." I don't understand that part. Socialists are not Christians. Christians are not Socialists. These two worldviews are in direct opposition.
You must be American. As usual you conflate socialism with communism. In the rest of the world, socialism is distinct from communism (see social-democracy).
The Bible states to whom much is given much is required. And to whom little is given little is required.So we know that those who never heard of Christ such as the ancestors as long as they did not violate their conscience given by God as long as they did not do something horrendous and God judges them righteously they would be able to enter heaven as well. So the statement that the Bible does not offer comfort to the ancestors is false.
I used to work for fashion designer Michiko Koshino. She had her own Christian church in North London. If you worked for her you had to get baptized at the church. Very interesting experience
57:01 "The Emperor had to publicly denounce his divine status... " Thank You, Lord Jesus! Only Christ is Divine, no mortal man. Such blasphemy cannot be allowed to stand!
🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵Japan persecuted Christianity = never colonized ,became a world power and a powerful millitary, became an economic power house noun world wide. 🇵🇭🇵🇭Philippines only country in East Asia to except Catholicism= 327 year colony of Spain, non of its original culture left, wide spred poverty.
1) Literally every other country in South East Asia is as poor or about as poor as the Philippines, including the Muslim Indonesia and the Buddhist Thailand. It really has nothing to do with religion and more to do with resource usage and availability. 2) Arguably, the Philippines has more of its original culture intact barring things the clergy clamped down on after it's conversion, which were few and far between, than Japan now. You can actually say the same for a lot of SEA countries as well. Japan lost its feudal honor based culture and replaced it with a heavily mercantile and despite it having economic sway in the 80s, it's rather culturally empty past fads and the like just like a lot of Western nations. The only real exception to this is Okinawa, which even now has an endangered language and culture that is being replaced by the broader Japanese pop culture in the youth. It's pretty sad actually.
it's a real shame for Japan & for the world that Catholism was rejected. Protestantism (false Christianity) is to blame. there could have been true prosperity but it was diverted. for the past 300 yrs, they're getting what they deserve.
Cringe, samurai had male lovers while thier wives and concubines rotted at home caring for their children. Christianity could have made those men of God and japan would be better off today. 👍
Yes, can you imagine what Japan could have become if they had embraced Christianity, given their people freedom, and kept their borders open to engage with the world instead of stagnating in xenophobic ignorance for 250 years? Good? …for Japan’s rivals maybe. Not so much for Japan. Go live there for a few years (I have) and tell me it isn’t a morally bankrupt country. Eradicating Christianity was probably the worst thing to ever happen to Japan.
@@jarredlucas4000 it is sad that there is still a negative ignorance of Christianity, huh? Yes, there have been blemishes of cruelty and mis-use of power in the Christian history as a whole- but it’s scary that people are so against the spreading of moralistic teachings. The destruction of Christianity’s popularity in western culture is sad, as it is also the slow degradation of moral philosophy and action.
@@caitchri2426 a morality founded upon empty platitudes, based on an unreliable promisse of a "maybe" only after death, and sustained upon claims of impossibility and arrogance is not worthy of being followed, and is a waste of time.
@Jamhael1 the so-called "morality on empty platitudes" is the thing that's kept this world from becoming pure chaos. There is no "maybe" for those who have faith in Jesus Christ. They are saved, as is anyone who accepts His gift, even you.
Interesting video! I'm Brazilian, I have Japanese ancestry and I'm Catholic
10:29 had to destroy self
Nice. I always thought that fascinating, that Brazil has the highest Japanese pop outside the homeland.
Still waiting to see videos on brazilian ninjitsu, like how brazilian jujitsu was revolutionized. Then again, with ninjas, i guess we’d never find them in the first place xD
Amazing video! I learned so much about Christianity in Japan. I always wondered why Christian missionaries weren't as successful in JP as they were in other parts of the world. Quite shocked actually to learn that persecution was a thing for Christians on the other side of the world. Such a non-subject these days, such a hidden part of History. Thanks again! Very well put 👏👏👏 God bless!
Persecution of chistians still happens, arab countries and in the communist regime of russia(in the past) churches were almost extinguish.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
I am an Irish Catholic. Much less earnest than I should be. Almost apostate if truth be known. But your account inspires me and reminds me of what my forefathers and foremothers went through to stay true to the faith that the apostles gave us, despite all the efforts of the ‘established’ church that
Elizabeth knocked together for political reasons. Thank you.
At least I can tell my Presbyterian friends that I am as anti-Erastian as they. I respect you but disagree on fundamentals. Your people suffered for your principles too.
@@donalfoley2412i would recommend returning/strengthening your relationship with Christ, friend, He is the only truth in the world and only way to God. I recommend sources on youtube such as Expedition Bible, Answers in Genesis, Jason Lisle, Dr. James Tour, pastor robert breaker, pastor RC Sproul, to name a few. most likely you just lack understanding and foundation, like many christians and people raised christians do and did. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV tells us to study the word of God as well, to show ourselves approved, and 1 Peter 3:15 KJV that we must always be able to explain our faith to others. also, whenever reading the bible or referencing a verse, be sure to read the many surrounding verses and the passages before and after it, in order to get the complete picture, since verses can be taken out of context if you don't, and also verses and chapter numbers were added into the bible around 464 years ago. anyway, I'll leave you to it and pray for you. God bless you and your friends and family.
i recommend you return/strengthen your relationship with Christ, friend, He is the only truth and the only way to God. youtube sources i recommend are Expedition Bible, Answers in Genesis, Jason Lisle, Dr James Tour, Daily Dose of Wisdom, pastor Mike Winger, pastor Robert Breaker, pastor RC Sproul, to name a few. you probably just lack sufficient understanding and foundation to your faith, like many christians and people who were raised christian do and did. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV tells us we ought to study the Word of God to show ourselves approved, and 1 Peter 3:15 KJV tells us to be able to explain our faith to others, so God wants you to be educated in your faith, but remember, salvation doesn't come from head knowledge; it's the heart, it's complete and total trust, belief, faith in Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ alone and what He did for us on the cross, being the propitiation of our sins. Believing on Jesus alone is what saves you. (refer to 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV). anyway, I'll leave you to it, and I'll pray for you. God bless you and your family.
It's such a shame this is not seen by more people, I appreciate all the work you put into this video
Superb effort! I can't express deeply enough my appreciation for this consummate treatment on the Faith in Japan.
This deserves way more views
I m japanese. Most of the modern japanese dont believe Christism but respect the ethical idea.
How about you? Do you accept Jesus is the only way? John 3:16/14:6…. Hope you’ll respond…❤️
What do most young Japanese people believe as a matter of faith/religion?
Read the prophesy of Akita.
@@JaggerbushJapan has a mostly atheist population the largest in the world in fact but the remaining are either Shintoist, Buddhist, and a very small Christian population
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Hi! I am a catholic and currently studying a japanese language & civilisation master degree, your video is extremely appreciated! God bless!
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Fantastic Video. I think you should have included how the Bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 effected Christianity.
Amazing video! You should make more videos about Christian history in other places.
You only mention Protestants and catholics. You dont mention orthodox saints Nicolas of japan & Paul Takuma.
mostly likely because "orthodox" church is failed ever since the islamic invasions
@@maukachauka8793What do you mean failed? We persevered Islam and communism with millions martyred. On the other hand you made converts through the sword and money. Power is what characterized both papism and Protestantism. Not very Christ-like.
@@HellenicLegend7You can make up whatever lying excuse, but Rome converted millions and had great saints, such as the martyrs of Nagasaki. Your church didn't persevere through anything, it failed, it evangelized nobody for a thousand years, and now it's gay (look at greece). The time for world wide evangelizing has passed. It's now the end times. The Militant Catholic Church on earth is dying, and so is the world. If you can't historically assess the failure of the orthodox church you are just dishonest
Yeah, let's not pretend islam spread with sunshine and rainbows.@@HellenicLegend7
I'm doing a research paper on the Jesuits in Japan. This video helped a lot. Thank You so much!
Late comment, what’s your opinion in the missionaries’ approach to the ancestor traditions? While the way it was at the time was probably incompatible, the catholics and greeks and anglicans do have the concept of Saints and the Holy departed.
Maybe a bit more patience was needed-but maybe I’m not taking the political circumstances into account
That was really amazing. Thank you. God bless
Your video is incomplete because don’t mention Orthodox Christianity at all (except for their numbers in 1912 at 44:00). Nothing about St. Nicholas of Japan and Paul Takuma, his first convert, a former samurai and Shinto priest who originally went to his home to kill him. Without wealth or political influence (unlike the Catholic and Protestant missionaries) he made many converts to Christ while in a hostile environment.
No mention of Father Nucolai and his mission....
nothing about orthodox
We keep our heads down that's why also for the longest time there was an animosity between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox but the Greek Orthodox Church of the Byzantine Empire . did not follow the merchantmen as the Roman Church did.
@@jamescampbell39The Orthodox Church came to Japan through Saint Nicholas of Japan, a Russian Missionary who was sent to Japan.
聖家族のエジプトへの旅 - 聖マリア・シリア修道院 - ナトロン峡谷スケティス砂漠の - 聖マリア・シリア修道院
ua-cam.com/video/QZpW2v7rvUg/v-deo.html
I want to talk about some very important Christian History that's been forgotten when it comes to Japan. It concerns the end of World War 2.
Did you know that Japan was once home to the Largest Christian church in ALL of Asia? The Urakami Cathedral had been constructed within the Urakami District, this location was where hidden Christians resided during the 17th to 19th centuries during the nation's ban on Christianity. It's a miracle of God that they managed to thrive throughout that time and were able to construct this cathedral once the ban was lifted.
The City that the Urakami District resided in had been a stronghold of Christianity in Japan since the 16th century, with a resilient community that survived centuries of persecution. The city had the largest concentration of Christians in Japan, and the Urakami Cathedral was a central place of worship and community life. What city did the Urakami district reside in? Nagasaki.
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, was detonated extremely close to the Urakami Cathedral.
The bomb, known as "Fat Man," exploded approximately 500 meters away from the Urakami Cathedral. The cathedral was almost directly under the bomb's hypocenter. The force of the explosion devastated the church, causing it to be destroyed along with the surrounding area. The proximity of the detonation to the cathedral is one of the reasons why the destruction in the area was so severe.
The American government and military were responsible for the loss of the hyper majority of the Christian community in Nagasaki, and without a shadow of a doubt had eviscerated the Christian influence in that country all at once. Their excuse for why they detonated the bomb over the largest influence of Christianity in all of Japan? It was an accident. They missed their target apparently, which was far, FAR away. Everything I've studied points to the fact that Satan had a hand in this monstrous moment in history. It was deliberate. And now Japan has one of the lowest Christian influences compared to other countries worldwide.
We must pray for a revival in Japan. We must repent for our support of terrible American actions that led to the loss of so many innocent, Christian lives. I beg you. I beg all of you. Pray for Japan.
What about the non-Christian lives that were lost during the atomic bombing, do I pray for those too?
This was a very good context and history for fictional books I’m reading by Shusaku Endo
This video left out Aramaic speaking Assyrian missionaries that were in Japan starting 8th century. Christianity was doing extremely well in Japan for a period of time, some members of Japanese Royal families converted and started speaking in Aramaic. Arimasa Kubo and Sakae Ikeda of Kyoto University have done extensive research on Aramaic speaking Christians who travelled to Asia to spread Christianity, not only in Japan but also before reaching Japan they were in China from 7th century and they reached their peak in 14th century during the Yuan Dynasty
Um... historical Sources?
It's interesting that there is nothing in either Japanese or Chinese records of Assyrian Christian missions to Japan, especially during the Tang dynasty era.
It's well known the Nestorian creed was widespread throughout Central Asia and China, but there's absolutely zero evidence of it ever reaching Japan.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 Youll find a lot of sources from Arimasu Kubo's and Sakae Ikeda's research. There have been dozens of Assyrian artifacts found at Japanese temples, like for example an Assyrian helmet was found at Gojikai Temple in Fukuoka and is currently on display at the Gojikai Temple Museum.
@@eurostar0711there’s still not a proof nor a historically accepted truth about your claims tho even if you search google ! Just like the Muslim claims of the emperor Meiji in 1906 converted to Islam or every Japanese convert to Islam just because he has ties with the ottoman empire and used this as a propaganda to bring down the west ! But one thing is for sure our people started to see the threat in a religious delusion even now in 21st century there’s a lot of missionaries here trying their hardest to convert our people while failing to do so ! The ego and self righteousness of these self entitled people is the real problem giving foreigners a bad rep ! if samurai still exist today these missionaries would have a hard time here but lucky for them our government works on secularism while still keeping an eye on religious threats …
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
There is this book also even though it is about the Missionary work of The Assyrian Church of The East which at one time was wrongfully labeled Nestorian, it was also called the Church of Persia when it was under the Persian rule, and it also has the tile of The Assyrian Church of The East
BY FOOT TO CHINA
Mission of The Church of the East, to 1400
By
John M. L. Young
Chairman
Japan Presbyterian Mission
Thank you. Very informative and answered many of my questions.
If you are Japanese or in an area that is very heavy with nonbelievers, then hear me out.
I decided i would pray every single day at least once, for an amazing testimony to share with people. In my heart, i believed i would have kept praying for the rest of my life, if i had too. So after 8 months or so, God gave an AMAZING testimony that is very real... Then, that event strengthened my faith to the point that i started getting amazing prayers answered very often because i quit doubting... and was alinged with the Bibles instructions.
Then, i started copying and pasting my testimony all over these UA-cam comment sections and sharing it with people id meet... Im telling you, it adds up and sharing your testimony gets easy to do... Especially if its online. THIS way of reaching the masses is so effective and easy...
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As a Japanese pls keep your beliefs to yourselves we had enough of foreign missionaries here that trying their hardest to convert us japanese while failing to do so ! We love to preserve our own culture and beliefs your kind of ppl are the reason why most foreigners here are given a bad rep ! Learn to respect other beliefs and culture just as we respect your choices in whatever books you believe in !
@@Makikikutelling Christian’s to keep their beliefs to themselves is like telling them not to breathe. People just love sticking their nose where it don’t belong
This video will get popular now because of the show Shogun, really an overlooked part of history - also shows how Christianity as a conquering force is unable to penetrate against an equally strong culture.
Cguro Dapat pag prinepresent sa Public media Hindi ganyan na takip na takip Ang Mukha ha halos tuldok walang Makita sa balat .
Praise the Lord
Thank you so much. I was always looking for a detailed video about christian history in Japan like this. I really enjoyed it. Lets also always think about that the true God is not calling for following a religion, but to personaly experience his truth and to search and ask for him. Did you ever pray and asked God for giving you a message and showing you his truth? Please do this prayer with all your heart and ask for the truth. Its really worth to pray at least once in your life, and ask God for who Jesus Christ really is. Thank you so much, and thank you for the video!
The Chinese delegation was not located at Dutch Deshima, but at a distance in the same Nagasaki harbour. The Dutch Museum on this weird little artificial island is now a beautifully restored part of Japanese history! From The Netherlands with ❤.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
man thats so brilliant! I DO apreciate ur Great work! i love that u added so many intresting pictures!
@Paslms 122:6. Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem, they will prosper that love
you. God bless you on your journey!!!
One of the best video’s I’ve seen on UA-cam, thank you so much for sharing it. The last quote was both funny and sad honestly. I will keep it positive but as a Christian what a virtually complete failure of both Catholics and Protestants who turned our faith into a political and economic message in the past instead of a spiritual one. So many came and went and they could not understand the basics of the faith to explain to the people of Japan the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. It’s heart breaking, there is no hope in Shinto, there is no hope in Buddhism, and there is no hope in the secular…the wages of sin is death, only JESUS CHRIST solves that problem so truly as they say…the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I really respect the Japanese culture but like all cultures, there is good and bad, there is truth and there are lies, there is purpose and there is folly.
I do wonder. Do you know about the orthodox Christian population Saint Nicholas of Japan brought on?
bruh whyd they be like "Mary is who forgives" when thats literally the reason why Christ was sacrificed in order to allow forgiveness of our sins. Mary did nothing she was just a woman who gave birth.
because all of the priesthood has been martyred. they were unknowledgable lay catholics who no longer had anyone to instruct them, so it's not surprising that they ended up conflating christianity with the local paganism
I wish St. Francis Xavier had learned more about Japanese culture before evangelizing people in that country.
The following book also tells the story of how Christianity arrived in China long before the armies of the Vatican and their kings
By Foot To China: Mission of The Church of the East, to 1400 By John M. L. Young, Chairman Japan Presbyterian Mission
The dedication of the book read as follows : To the memory of the men of God who thirteen centuries ago first took the gospel to China - "the missionaries who traveled on foot, sandals on their feet, a staff in their hands, a basket on their backs, and in the basket the Holy Scriptures and the cross. They went over deep rivers and high mountains, thousands of miles, and on the way, meeting many nations, they preached to them the gospel of Christ."
FROM AN ANCIENT TEXT
There is not any Church in the world that spread the Christian faith to faraway lands like The Church of The East, but not many tell the truth because they want to obsure the great role that this Holy Church had for Christianity, the dedication and faith of its missionaries. Till today this Holy Apostolic Church has not been given its recognition and respect as it should have.
Thank you so much!
The detailed Working of The Most High Lord God Plan of Redemption throughout history in just one nation Japan
Awesome studying, thank you sincerely !
An interesting documentary of this aspect in Japan's history.
Article 28 of the Meiji era constitution offered a qualified idea of religious freedom, stipulating that "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." Regrettably, the Tojo administration was able to assert the mentioned exceptions to shaft the Christinas.
At the time, Christianity might have still been perceived as a new and leftist religion within Japan.
Thank you. Very seriously reporting history!
My ancestor is Francois Caron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Caron (a French Huguenot who was aboard a VOC ship). I'm a descendant through this daughter Petronella and her husband who was also half-Japanese/half Dutch. I'm looking for any recommendations about what to read in order to better understand what was going on in Nagasaki and Hirado at the time. They both ended up in Jakarta. Ironically, Francois was a religious refugee whose Huguenot (Protestant) family had previously travelled to the Netherlands in order to avoid death by Catholics back in France. He had a truly interesting life.
Excellent video! Im currently Learning about Christianity in Japan and your video gave me good insights on the subject !
I found this video because of the tv show Shogun, and this is so informative, I learned so much!
Engaging presentation, thank you
FX's Shogun brought me to this.
Ini sangat menarik❤
The thumbnail look like keanu reeves
I pray always hopeful safety for all Amen.
Great Video, thank you.
Good summary
Really nice video keep up the good work 👍🏻
Thank you!
Great story I learned so much of the Christian culture in Japan
Incredible Video!!!
Thank you for creating this video
These videos fail to mention why Toyotomi Hideyoshi banned Christianity. They destroyed temples, murdered, and tried to plunder territories, they were also involved in the slave trade. As a Japanese, I am proud of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Yes, as un African, I can tell you they did kill and slave trade and looted Africans pretending to be Christian, but they were not Christian, but they pretended to be Christian. when they not but those people are never been Christian they were just Pretender a thief because real Christian don't do evil but they do good and they follow Christ teaching the Lord said you know them by their fruits he said good Three berries good fruit and bad three berries bad fruit. And the Lord Jesus said to be careful those who were sheep clothes, but they are 🐺 inside. Jesus is the only savior because we humans need savior for our ourself in our from our Sin and without the Lord Jesus we I lost..
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Thank you so much for this video! A rarity!
Buddhism is not polytheistic. It’s not even theistic. Buddha never claimed to be a god and didn’t talk about god.
I agree… yet there are some people who practice it who still treat him as a diety.
Buddhism has gods. Not every denomination, but some. It's just that gods aren't very important in this religion. Buddhism includes a wide array of divine beings that are venerated in rituals, like devas, yasuras and yakshas. It also includes gods like the japanese kami. You should not comment on stuff you know nothing about. There is a word for that.
@@lillia5333 Wikipedia: Kami (Japanese: 神, [kaꜜmi]) are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion.
@@lillia5333 Deva
Hinduism
Deva means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.
ka·mi
/ˈkämē/
noun
a divine being in the Shinto religion.
Very informative. Excellent 👍🏼
Still working my way through this. But this was so interesting, thank you.
JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY
Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim.
American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan.
Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara.
This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire.
"Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said.
Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages.
Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners.
Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged.
Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era.
Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards.
"Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.
Aeesome video. Thsnk u so much...❤
Our Japanese compatriots were very wise to ban this religion. Their wisdom ensured that Japan maintained its cultural traditions and its religions even to this day, unlike other nations that saw their cultures, their religions, and even their languages irreparably harmed by this pernicious cult.
completely and utterly untrue, show me a cult that lived to today that was birthed within its original religion that hated it (judaism) and on top of THAT, was under the scrutinizing brutal rule of the roman empire, that also tried to snuff it out. show me any other religion that has prophecies shown and proved throughout history. show me another religion where it's eyewitness proof their founder died and rose from the dead. face it now, that Jesus, the God of the bible, is the truth, and the only way.
Good point, i just hope this view doesnt extend to the japanse Christians past and present on a Personal Level
@@chheinrich8486 To be honest, I have tolerance for modern Christians, just as long as they do not get involved with politics. We do not want their oppressive ideology being imposed on women and minorities in Asia. If they keep their religion in their homes, and away from children and schools, no problem.
当時の誘拐された日本の人々は、何処へ連れていかれてどうなってしまったのか、氣になります。
何時までこの『宗教』世界に争いの種を蒔き続け、世界を不穏にさらし続けるのでしょうか。
Seeing the Meiji and WW2 era state of Christianity was new for me, and very informative. It is always far less documented than the prosecution period.
I did find it strange there was no mention of the nuclear bombing of the capital of Christianity in Japan though.
Great video!
Thank you for posting this video . I leaned alot from it . A fellow CHristian in Dallas Texas USA .
27:03 (Shimabara Rebellion)
I think I've heard this battle a few times when hearing about the history of Japan closing itself off to the west for a long while in documentaries.
But i think i recall hearing the name Shimbara reffered to as The Battle of Shimbara in the Samurai Showdown movie from the 1990s, with this character Amaksa Shiro Tokisata being the leader of said rebellion until they released something called Ankoshin Ambroshia right before he/she died. (pardon my horrible spelling)
(i think in the original movie and game the character was a guy, but in the English dub of the movie the character was voiced by a woman. I think it was probably due to some confusion from the dubbing company with the way character was drawn and maybe not getting notes or something)
Was that character from that movie/OVA/video game inspired by this event?
59:32
"The first general election under new constitution in 1947 was won by the Socialist Party with the Christian Katayama Tetsu to become Prime Minister."
I don't understand that part. Socialists are not Christians. Christians are not Socialists. These two worldviews are in direct opposition.
You must be American. As usual you conflate socialism with communism. In the rest of the world, socialism is distinct from communism (see social-democracy).
You used an orthodox icon for the thumbnail and you didnt bother to talk about Orthodox Christianity in Japan?
I am a Japanese, but I learned a lot.
Shinto & zen Buddhism better than ☪️✝️
The Bible states to whom much is given much is required. And to whom little is given little is required.So we know that those who never heard of Christ such as the ancestors as long as they did not violate their conscience given by God as long as they did not do something horrendous and God judges them righteously they would be able to enter heaven as well. So the statement that the Bible does not offer comfort to the ancestors is false.
Awesome video
I used to work for fashion designer Michiko Koshino. She had her own Christian church in North London. If you worked for her you had to get baptized at the church. Very interesting experience
In japan ,John wick play Jesus, SICK!!!
57:01
"The Emperor had to publicly denounce his divine status... "
Thank You, Lord Jesus! Only Christ is Divine, no mortal man. Such blasphemy cannot be allowed to stand!
Extremely fascinating!
Different meanings of the word religion 50:30
LETS HOPE THAT CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE
TO DESTROY THAT BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE
SHINTOISTIC AND BUDDHISTIC CULTURE IN JAPAN.
Top tier content
Wow! Incredible work.
Great lecture, thank you.
You did a good job.
What a great video! Thank you.
Proud of the Japanese. Proud that for the most part they resisted cultural colonization and retained their native practices and religious beliefs.
Proud of the Japanese catholics. They accepted Christ, which is the most important thing
What religion are you
It’s such a pity Catholics were the first Christians to evangelize Japan. 😔
Why
Christian tolerance lol
🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵Japan persecuted Christianity = never colonized ,became a world power and a powerful millitary, became an economic power house noun world wide.
🇵🇭🇵🇭Philippines only country in East Asia to except Catholicism= 327 year colony of Spain, non of its original culture left, wide spred poverty.
1) Literally every other country in South East Asia is as poor or about as poor as the Philippines, including the Muslim Indonesia and the Buddhist Thailand. It really has nothing to do with religion and more to do with resource usage and availability.
2) Arguably, the Philippines has more of its original culture intact barring things the clergy clamped down on after it's conversion, which were few and far between, than Japan now. You can actually say the same for a lot of SEA countries as well.
Japan lost its feudal honor based culture and replaced it with a heavily mercantile and despite it having economic sway in the 80s, it's rather culturally empty past fads and the like just like a lot of Western nations. The only real exception to this is Okinawa, which even now has an endangered language and culture that is being replaced by the broader Japanese pop culture in the youth. It's pretty sad actually.
And a fertility crisis 😂 Japan could’ve been so much better if they accepted Christianity
@seanbui2724 that has nothing to do with religion its a culture thing, 😑
@@yellowmask1796Religion plays a role in people's culture
@@seanbui2724 In East Asia, South Korea is the most accepting of Christianity, with a birth rate of 0.72.
it's a real shame for Japan & for the world that Catholism was rejected.
Protestantism (false Christianity) is to blame.
there could have been true prosperity but it was diverted.
for the past 300 yrs, they're getting what they deserve.
It's good that the Japanese leaders protected it's people, their culture and their country as a whole from this Christian pandemic.
Cringe, samurai had male lovers while thier wives and concubines rotted at home caring for their children. Christianity could have made those men of God and japan would be better off today. 👍
Yes, can you imagine what Japan could have become if they had embraced Christianity, given their people freedom, and kept their borders open to engage with the world instead of stagnating in xenophobic ignorance for 250 years? Good? …for Japan’s rivals maybe. Not so much for Japan. Go live there for a few years (I have) and tell me it isn’t a morally bankrupt country. Eradicating Christianity was probably the worst thing to ever happen to Japan.
@@jarredlucas4000 it is sad that there is still a negative ignorance of Christianity, huh? Yes, there have been blemishes of cruelty and mis-use of power in the Christian history as a whole- but it’s scary that people are so against the spreading of moralistic teachings. The destruction of Christianity’s popularity in western culture is sad, as it is also the slow degradation of moral philosophy and action.
@@caitchri2426 a morality founded upon empty platitudes, based on an unreliable promisse of a "maybe" only after death, and sustained upon claims of impossibility and arrogance is not worthy of being followed, and is a waste of time.
@Jamhael1 the so-called "morality on empty platitudes" is the thing that's kept this world from becoming pure chaos. There is no "maybe" for those who have faith in Jesus Christ. They are saved, as is anyone who accepts His gift, even you.
Win for Japan