Episode 39 - Japan's Christian Century, Part 2
History of Japan
English - February 01, 2014 18:01 - 22 minutes - 8.93 MB - ★★★★★ - 597 ratingsHistory history japan japanese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 38 - Japan's Christian Century, Part 1
Next Episode: Episode 40 - Japan's Christian Century, Part 3
This week, we'll continue our discussion of Japan's Christian century with the high-point of Christian missionizing in Japan, starting with the arrival of St. Francis Xavier. Xavier's mission will mark the start of Christianity's spread through the islands, but within half a century the progress of the missionary movement will have halted and Japan's Christians and the powers that support them will be facing serious threats to their power and position.