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The Orthodox Catechism in the Manchu Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
Pang, Tatiana A.
Pang, Tatiana A.
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The Christian texts in the Manchu and Chinese languages were mostly written by the Jesuit fathers in Beijing. Those were translations of Catholic works, prayer books and several known catechisms. The Russian Ecclesiastic mission produced rather few religious texts. The most known is the Chinese catechism by Iakinf Bichurin, which turned to be a version of the Catholic catechism. The already published Manchu language catechisms were composed by Jesuit missionaries. This articles presents an unknown Manchu language catechism from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences. It was written by a member of the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission and reflects the Orthodx Greek tradition. Arranging hiscatechnism in the usual form of questions and answers, its author made clear references to the New Testament. The Manchu manuscript seems to be a draft of a draft of a bigger work, since it bears corrections and is not complete. The available part of the manuscript deals with the questions of faith, origin of the Universe, explanation of sin and punishment, as well the ways to revere God. The manuscript is a unique example of the Orthodox catechism, and this article presents its transliteration and English translation.
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2018
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International Journal of Sino-Western Studies