Knowledge

God Worshipping Society

Source 📝

406:
not God" and regarding Mark 12, he wrote that Christ could not be God because "there would be two Gods." He did however believe that Jesus was an actual son of God, not a mere human messenger. Hong depicted God like traditional Chinese folk deities as an old man with golden beard, wearing a black dragon robe, and having a wife, known as the Heavenly Mother. He claimed that God's children included Jesus, himself and a host of little sisters in heaven, and that Jesus, Yang Xiuqing, and himself were born from God before heaven and earth existed. Hong's depiction of God and his intimate heavenly family is likely to have been based on his interpretation of how "Shangdi created humankind in his image". Hong also insisted that only God and Jesus could be described as
37: 591:, or members of other local tribal groups. Membership in the God Worshippers was eclectic; they counted businessmen, refugees, farmers, mercenaries, and members of secret societies and mutual-protection alliances among their ranks. The Emperor Worshippers were also joined by a number of bandit groups, including several thousand pirates led by Luo Dagang. 564:: God the Father (Shangdi) in the case of Yang and Jesus Christ in the case of Xiao. While speaking as Jesus or Shangdi, Xiao and Yang would necessarily have more authority than even Hong Xiuquan. Upon their return in the summer of 1849, Hong and Feng investigated Yang and Xiao's claims and declared them to be genuine. 526:
but the original, the Han tradition. The Society was militant from its inception, due to the prevalence of both intervillage fighting and conflicts between Hakka and non-Hakka villagers. Generally, individuals did not convert alone, but rather entire families, clans, occupational groups, or even villages would convert
544:
With Hong's return, the God Worshipping Society took on a more rebellious character. Hong began to describe himself as a king and explicitly identified the ruling Manchus and their supporters as demons which must be destroyed. The God Worshippers treated their entire community as a family, leading to
525:
shared some similar characteristics with traditional Chinese secret societies, it differed in that the participants adopted a new religious faith that firmly rejected Chinese tradition as for the one established by the Manchu regime, since they believed that they were following the Chinese tradition,
405:
was called the nephew of Jesus. Hong Xiuquan's writings expressed rejection of the divinity of Jesus, for example, denying that Jesus performed miracle healing on his own, but rather that it was God who performed them; also commenting on Romans 9, Hong wrote that "Christ is God's Heir Apparent... is
500:
after a missionary journey there in 1844 to spread Hong's ideas. In 1847, Hong became the leader of the secret society. The Taiping faith, inspired by missionary Christianity, says one historian, "developed into a dynamic new Chinese religion... Taiping Christianity". Hong presented this religion as
517:
to preach their version of Christianity. In November 1844, Hong returned home without Feng, who remained in the area and continued to preach. After Hong's departure, Feng traveled deeper and deeper into the heart of the Thistle Mountain region, preaching and baptizing new converts. Feng christened
410:(holy), warning his followers not to use this term for himself; he also insisted that his own title had to be written in an inferior position to Jesus the "Crown Prince" "Heavenly Elder Brother" (太子天兄), which was in turn to be written beneath "God the Heavenly Father and Great Shangdi" (天父皇上帝) 385:, the scriptural concept that all Christian believers become sons and daughters of God when redeemed by Christ. Hong did not claim to have a supernatural birth; Hong Xiuquan was merely regarded as the second eldest son of Shangdi after Jesus Christ, with Feng Yunshan as third eldest son, and 578:
In February 1850, local corps passed through a number of God Worshipping villages and threatened to kill the converts. In response, Feng Yunshan began to call for open revolt by the God Worshippers. In July 1850, the God Worshipper's leaders directed their followers to converge in
518:
this group of believers the "God Worshipping Society". Hakkas from this area, generally poor and beset by both bandits and local Chinese families angry at the presence of the Hakka in their ancestral lands, found refuge in the group with its promise of solidarity.
465:. However, they corrected and adapted the missionaries' message to reach the Chinese, printing thousands of tracts of their own devising. Unlike the westerners, they were able to travel through the interior of the country and began to particularly frequent the 657:
because "Shang Di" is the pinyin romanization of two Chinese characters: the first – 上, Shàng – means "high", "highest", "first", "primordial"; the second – 帝, Dì – is typically considered as shorthand for huangdi (皇帝) in modern Chinese, the title of the
57: 851: 625:, which has been described as the "most gigantic man-made disaster" of the nineteenth century. The God Worshippers trained to fight were considered Protestant revolutionaries. 350:, 1832). He only briefly looked over and did not carefully examine it. Subsequently, Hong claimed to have experienced mystical visions in the wake of his third failure of the 1566: 505:, a faith that had been displaced by Confucianism (its corrupted version, used by the Qing to submit the Han) and dynastic imperial regimes. The next year, Hong and 697: 724: 552:. Hong Xiuquan left for Guangdong shortly thereafter to reunite with Feng. In the absence of both Feng and Hong, two new leaders emerged to fill the void: 476:, where local scholars competed for the chance to rise to power in the imperial civil service. One of the native tracts, Liang's nine-part, 500-page tome, 486:
in the mid-1830s, although it remains a matter of debate during which exact examination this occurred. Hong initially leafed through it without interest.
1536: 1397: 1556: 1546: 823: 634: 945:
Malek, Roman; P. Richard Bohr (2022). "Jesus, Christianity and Rebellion in China: the Evangelical roots of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom".
848: 763: 609:
On the 11th day of the first lunar month of 1851, which was also Hong Xiuquan's birthday, the God Worshipping Society proclaimed the
1561: 1470: 1407: 982: 954: 734: 707: 325:("Highest/Primordial God"), and other religious traditions. According to historical evidence, his first contact with Christian 1551: 1444: 478: 342: 292: 151: 284: 165: 354:
in 1837 and after failing for a fourth time in 1843, he sat down to carefully examine the tracts with his distant cousin
426: 419: 1481: 583:
and quickly amassed a force of 10,000–30,000 people. While the majority of the group were Hakka, some followers were
337: 358:, believing that they were "the key to interpreting his visions" coming to the conclusion that he was "the son of 1490:
Kuhn, Philip A. (July 1977), "Origins of the Taiping Vision: Cross-Cultural Dimensions of a Chinese Rebellion",
755: 618: 604: 442: 1051: 461:—were their first converts and suffered greatly, being repeatedly arrested, fined, and driven into exile at 1541: 423: 36: 849:
http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/index.html?body=/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XII.html
351: 318: 536:, the God Worshipers numbered over 2,000. At this time, most God Worshippers were peasants and miners. 1023: 473: 446: 1515: 1507: 1454: 466: 326: 998: 726:
Dragon and Kangaroo: Australia and China's Shared History from the Goldfields to the Present Day
1466: 1440: 1403: 978: 950: 819: 759: 730: 703: 659: 622: 600: 533: 333: 261: 253: 1499: 1341: 1167: 610: 580: 573: 509:, Hong's distant cousin and one of the earliest converts to Hong's faith, traveled to Sigu, 430: 382: 188: 99: 855: 239: 223: 925:. Sun Yat-Sen institute for the advancement of culture and education. 1935. p. 368. 1459: 402: 366: 359: 74: 17: 1530: 1519: 663: 462: 314: 614: 557: 553: 506: 489: 483: 394: 390: 386: 355: 310: 195: 123: 61: 458: 1434: 867: 588: 560:. Both claimed to enter trances which allowed them to speak as a member of the 1503: 549: 470: 454: 438: 398: 330: 119: 56: 528: 347: 209: 27:
19th-century Chinese religious movement which began the Taiping Rebellion
561: 514: 510: 502: 497: 450: 322: 1511: 434: 300: 975:
Taiping Theology: The Localization of Christianity in China, 1843–64
675:
The imperial examinations had a pass rate of less than one per cent.
1436:
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire
441:(Canton). Their household staff and the printers they employed for 584: 545:
establishment of a common treasury and a requirement of chastity.
363: 89: 79: 65: 699:
Market Economics and Political Change: Comparing China and Mexico
501:
a revival and a restoration of the ancient classical faith in
818:. Vol. 2. Columbia University Press. pp. 213–215. 1399:
Girt Nation: The Unauthorised History of Australia Volume 3
548:
In January 1848, Feng Yunshan was arrested and banished to
369:
who had been directed to rid the world of demon worship."
935:
Jonathan D. Spence, God's Chinese Son Chapter 20 (1996)
897:
Jonathan D. Spence, God's Chinese Son Chapter 15 (1996)
888:
Jonathan D. Spence, God's Chinese Son Chapter 19 (1996)
532:. On 27 August 1847, when Hong Xiuquan returned to the 879:
Jonathan D. Spence, God's Chinese Son Chapter 9 (1996)
258: 244: 228: 214: 200: 814:
De Bary, William Theodore; Lufrano, Richard (2000).
252: 238: 222: 208: 194: 187: 182: 164: 150: 141: 129: 113: 105: 95: 85: 73: 34: 1458: 838:Jonathan D. Spence, God's Chinese Son 64-65 (1996) 752:Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800–1949) 696:Lindau, Juan D.; Cheek, Timothy (January 2000). 313:which drew on his own unique interpretation of 68:Christ who started the God Worshipping movement 1245:The Taiping Rebellion: History'", p. 33 (1966) 653:In some translations, the name appears as the 309:) was a religious movement founded and led by 868:http://bookofconcord.org/sd-righteousness.php 170: 156: 8: 909:The Taiping Revolutionary Movement, Volume 1 1439:. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 329:occurred in 1836 when he directly received 1492:Comparative Studies in Society and History 947:The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ: Volume 2 393:was recognized as fifth brother of Jesus, 362:, Shangdi, and was the younger brother of 179: 911:. the University of Michigan. p. 20. 666:, and is usually translated as "emperor". 64:, the self-proclaimed younger brother of 1567:Christian denominations founded in China 1311: 1309: 1307: 1280: 1278: 1182: 1180: 949:(reprint ed.). Taylor and Francis. 1213: 1211: 1209: 968: 966: 702:. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 688: 646: 1047: 260: 138: 31: 1024:"Taiping Rebellion (Chinese history)" 999:"Feng Yunshan (Chinese rebel leader)" 977:. Springer. pp. 85–95, 101–103. 635:Millennarianism in colonial societies 7: 1383: 1359:The Wobbling Pivot: China Since 1800 617:, and declared the formation of the 437:(known at the time as Whampoa), and 655:Supreme Emperor Worshipping Society 1078:The Taiping Revolutionary Movement 802:The Taiping Revolutionary Movement 789:The Taiping Revolutionary Movement 482:, found its way into the hands of 25: 1537:History of Christianity in China 723:MacKlin, Robert (25 July 2017). 55: 35: 1396:Hunt, David (2 November 2021). 1479:——— (1990), 1372:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1346:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1330:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1317:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1299:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1286:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1270:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1257:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1232:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1219:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1188:The Taiping Rebellion: History 1172:The Taiping Rebellion: History 479:Good Words to Admonish the Age 401:as their seventh brother, and 343:Good Words to Admonish the Age 305: 296: 288: 259: 245: 229: 215: 201: 171: 157: 1: 1557:1843 establishments in China 1547:Religion in the Qing dynasty 923:T'ien Hsia Monthly, Volume 1 816:Sources of Chinese Tradition 595:The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 1482:The Search for Modern China 870:paragraphs 4, 9, 10, and 25 754:. Scarecrow Press. p.  1583: 1433:Reilly, Thomas H. (2004). 1067:, pp. 25, 64–65, 67 (1996) 973:Carl S. Kilcourse (2016). 598: 571: 1504:10.1017/S0010417500008756 273: 178: 146: 54: 45: 1562:Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 847:Westminster Confession, 619:Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 605:Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 447:translation of the Bible 397:as their sixth brother, 321:, based on the faith in 152:Traditional Chinese 1093:, pp. 67, 69, 80 (1996) 1028:Encyclopædia Britannica 1003:Encyclopædia Britannica 854:11 January 2021 at the 523:God Worshipping Society 494:God Worshipping Society 379:God Worshipping Society 340:' personal copy of the 315:Protestant Christianity 281:God Worshipping Society 166:Simplified Chinese 41:God Worshipping Society 18:God-Worshipping Society 1357:Pamela Kyle Crossley, 750:Gao, James Z. (2009). 729:. Hachette Australia. 1552:19th century in China 907:Yu-wen Chien (1970). 621:, thus beginning the 443:Morrison's dictionary 352:imperial examinations 319:Chinese folk religion 317:and combined it with 1465:, New York: Norton, 1199:Jonathan D. Spence, 1154:Jonathan D. Spence, 1141:Jonathan D. Spence, 1128:Jonathan D. Spence, 1115:Jonathan D. Spence, 1102:Jonathan D. Spence, 1089:Jonathan D. Spence, 1063:Jonathan D. Spence, 1158:, pp. 81, 88 (1996) 613:against the ruling 429:began working from 389:the fourth eldest. 293:traditional Chinese 1485:, New York: Norton 1370:Franz H. Michael, 1328:Franz H. Michael, 1315:Franz H. Michael, 1297:Franz H. Michael, 1284:Franz H. Michael, 1268:Franz H. Michael, 1255:Franz H. Michael, 1243:Franz H. Michael, 1234:, pp. 31–32 (1966) 1230:Franz H. Michael, 1217:Franz H. Michael, 1186:Franz H. Michael, 1132:, pp. 79–80 (1996) 1119:, pp. 78–79 (1996) 1080:, pp. 22–23 (1973) 778:Gray (1990), p. 55 662:first employed by 285:simplified Chinese 1461:God's Chinese Son 1348:, p. 40–41 (1966) 1259:, p. 34–35 (1966) 1201:God's Chinese Son 1156:God's Chinese Son 1143:God's Chinese Son 1130:God's Chinese Son 1117:God's Chinese Son 1104:God's Chinese Son 1091:God's Chinese Son 1065:God's Chinese Son 866:Book of Concord, 825:978-0-231-11271-0 660:emperors of China 623:Taiping Rebellion 601:Taiping Rebellion 534:Thistle Mountains 334:Congregationalist 277: 276: 269: 268: 246:Bài Shàng-dì Huèi 189:Standard Mandarin 137: 136: 16:(Redirected from 1574: 1522: 1486: 1475: 1464: 1455:Spence, Jonathan 1450: 1414: 1413: 1393: 1387: 1381: 1375: 1368: 1362: 1355: 1349: 1342:Franz H. Michael 1339: 1333: 1326: 1320: 1313: 1302: 1295: 1289: 1282: 1273: 1266: 1260: 1253: 1247: 1241: 1235: 1228: 1222: 1215: 1204: 1197: 1191: 1184: 1175: 1168:Franz H. Michael 1165: 1159: 1152: 1146: 1139: 1133: 1126: 1120: 1113: 1107: 1100: 1094: 1087: 1081: 1074: 1068: 1061: 1055: 1045: 1039: 1038: 1036: 1034: 1020: 1014: 1013: 1011: 1009: 995: 989: 988: 970: 961: 960: 942: 936: 933: 927: 926: 919: 913: 912: 904: 898: 895: 889: 886: 880: 877: 871: 864: 858: 845: 839: 836: 830: 829: 811: 805: 798: 792: 791:pp. 15–19 (1973) 785: 779: 776: 770: 769: 747: 741: 740: 720: 714: 713: 693: 676: 673: 667: 651: 611:Jintian Uprising 574:Jintian Uprising 568:Jintian Uprising 383:Divine filiation 307: 298: 290: 265: 264: 263: 248: 247: 234: 233: 232: 231:Pai Shang-ti Hui 218: 217: 216:ㄅㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ 204: 203: 180: 174: 173: 160: 159: 139: 59: 50: 39: 32: 21: 1582: 1581: 1577: 1576: 1575: 1573: 1572: 1571: 1527: 1526: 1525: 1489: 1478: 1473: 1453: 1447: 1432: 1423: 1418: 1417: 1410: 1395: 1394: 1390: 1382: 1378: 1369: 1365: 1361:, p. 104 (2010) 1356: 1352: 1340: 1336: 1327: 1323: 1314: 1305: 1296: 1292: 1283: 1276: 1267: 1263: 1254: 1250: 1242: 1238: 1229: 1225: 1216: 1207: 1198: 1194: 1185: 1178: 1166: 1162: 1153: 1149: 1140: 1136: 1127: 1123: 1114: 1110: 1101: 1097: 1088: 1084: 1075: 1071: 1062: 1058: 1046: 1042: 1032: 1030: 1022: 1021: 1017: 1007: 1005: 997: 996: 992: 985: 972: 971: 964: 957: 944: 943: 939: 934: 930: 921: 920: 916: 906: 905: 901: 896: 892: 887: 883: 878: 874: 865: 861: 856:Wayback Machine 846: 842: 837: 833: 826: 813: 812: 808: 799: 795: 786: 782: 777: 773: 766: 749: 748: 744: 737: 722: 721: 717: 710: 695: 694: 690: 685: 680: 679: 674: 670: 652: 648: 643: 631: 607: 599:Main articles: 597: 576: 570: 542: 420:Robert Morrison 418:Beginning with 416: 375: 306:Bài Shàngdì Huì 240:Tongyong Pinyin 230: 202:Bài Shàngdì Huì 142:Bai Shangdi Hui 118: 69: 46: 40: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1580: 1578: 1570: 1569: 1564: 1559: 1554: 1549: 1544: 1539: 1529: 1528: 1524: 1523: 1498:(3): 350–366, 1487: 1476: 1471: 1451: 1445: 1429: 1428: 1424: 1422: 1419: 1416: 1415: 1408: 1388: 1376: 1374:, p. 40 (1966) 1363: 1350: 1334: 1332:, p. 39 (1966) 1321: 1319:, p. 37 (1966) 1303: 1301:, p. 36 (1966) 1290: 1274: 1261: 1248: 1236: 1223: 1221:, p. 31 (1966) 1205: 1203:, p. 95 (1996) 1192: 1176: 1160: 1147: 1145:, p. 80 (1996) 1134: 1121: 1108: 1106:, p. 71 (1996) 1095: 1082: 1069: 1056: 1040: 1015: 990: 983: 962: 955: 937: 928: 914: 899: 890: 881: 872: 859: 840: 831: 824: 806: 793: 780: 771: 765:978-0810863088 764: 742: 735: 715: 708: 687: 686: 684: 681: 678: 677: 668: 645: 644: 642: 639: 638: 637: 630: 627: 596: 593: 572:Main article: 569: 566: 541: 538: 415: 412: 374: 371: 360:God the Father 275: 274: 271: 270: 267: 266: 256: 250: 249: 242: 236: 235: 226: 220: 219: 212: 206: 205: 198: 192: 191: 185: 184: 183:Transcriptions 176: 175: 168: 162: 161: 154: 148: 147: 144: 143: 135: 134: 131: 127: 126: 115: 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 97: 93: 92: 87: 83: 82: 77: 71: 70: 60: 52: 51: 43: 42: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1579: 1568: 1565: 1563: 1560: 1558: 1555: 1553: 1550: 1548: 1545: 1543: 1542:Chinese cults 1540: 1538: 1535: 1534: 1532: 1521: 1517: 1513: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1497: 1493: 1488: 1484: 1483: 1477: 1474: 1472:0-393-03844-0 1468: 1463: 1462: 1456: 1452: 1448: 1442: 1438: 1437: 1431: 1430: 1426: 1425: 1420: 1411: 1409:9781743822043 1405: 1401: 1400: 1392: 1389: 1385: 1380: 1377: 1373: 1367: 1364: 1360: 1354: 1351: 1347: 1343: 1338: 1335: 1331: 1325: 1322: 1318: 1312: 1310: 1308: 1304: 1300: 1294: 1291: 1287: 1281: 1279: 1275: 1271: 1265: 1262: 1258: 1252: 1249: 1246: 1240: 1237: 1233: 1227: 1224: 1220: 1214: 1212: 1210: 1206: 1202: 1196: 1193: 1189: 1183: 1181: 1177: 1173: 1169: 1164: 1161: 1157: 1151: 1148: 1144: 1138: 1135: 1131: 1125: 1122: 1118: 1112: 1109: 1105: 1099: 1096: 1092: 1086: 1083: 1079: 1073: 1070: 1066: 1060: 1057: 1053: 1049: 1048:Reilly (2004) 1044: 1041: 1029: 1025: 1019: 1016: 1004: 1000: 994: 991: 986: 984:9781137537287 980: 976: 969: 967: 963: 958: 956:9781351545648 952: 948: 941: 938: 932: 929: 924: 918: 915: 910: 903: 900: 894: 891: 885: 882: 876: 873: 869: 863: 860: 857: 853: 850: 844: 841: 835: 832: 827: 821: 817: 810: 807: 803: 797: 794: 790: 784: 781: 775: 772: 767: 761: 757: 753: 746: 743: 738: 736:9780733634048 732: 728: 727: 719: 716: 711: 709:9780585122007 705: 701: 700: 692: 689: 682: 672: 669: 665: 664:Qin Shi Huang 661: 656: 650: 647: 640: 636: 633: 632: 628: 626: 624: 620: 616: 612: 606: 602: 594: 592: 590: 586: 582: 575: 567: 565: 563: 559: 555: 551: 546: 539: 537: 535: 531: 530: 524: 519: 516: 512: 508: 504: 499: 495: 491: 487: 485: 481: 480: 475: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 448: 444: 440: 436: 432: 428: 425: 421: 413: 411: 409: 404: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 372: 370: 368: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 345: 344: 339: 338:Edwin Stevens 335: 332: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 308: 302: 294: 286: 282: 272: 262: 257: 255: 251: 243: 241: 237: 227: 225: 221: 213: 211: 207: 199: 197: 193: 190: 186: 181: 177: 169: 167: 163: 155: 153: 149: 145: 140: 132: 128: 125: 121: 116: 112: 108: 104: 101: 98: 94: 91: 88: 84: 81: 78: 76: 72: 67: 63: 58: 53: 49: 44: 38: 33: 30: 19: 1495: 1491: 1480: 1460: 1435: 1398: 1391: 1379: 1371: 1366: 1358: 1353: 1345: 1337: 1329: 1324: 1316: 1298: 1293: 1288:p. 35 (1966) 1285: 1272:35–37 (1966) 1269: 1264: 1256: 1251: 1244: 1239: 1231: 1226: 1218: 1200: 1195: 1190:p. 30 (1966) 1187: 1174:p. 29 (1966) 1171: 1163: 1155: 1150: 1142: 1137: 1129: 1124: 1116: 1111: 1103: 1098: 1090: 1085: 1077: 1076:Jen Yu-wen, 1072: 1064: 1059: 1043: 1031:. Retrieved 1027: 1018: 1006:. Retrieved 1002: 993: 974: 946: 940: 931: 922: 917: 908: 902: 893: 884: 875: 862: 843: 834: 815: 809: 801: 800:Jen Yu-wen, 796: 788: 787:Jen Yu-wen, 783: 774: 751: 745: 725: 718: 698: 691: 671: 654: 649: 615:Qing dynasty 608: 577: 558:Xiao Chaogui 554:Yang Xiuqing 547: 543: 527: 522: 520: 507:Feng Yunshan 493: 490:Feng Yunshan 488: 484:Hong Xiuquan 477: 474:examinations 427:missionaries 417: 407: 395:Xiao Chaogui 391:Wei Changhui 387:Yang Xiuqing 381:believed in 378: 376: 356:Feng Yunshan 341: 311:Hong Xiuquan 304: 280: 278: 196:Hanyu Pinyin 124:Qing dynasty 109:Hong Xiuquan 62:Hong Xiuquan 47: 29: 1427:Works cited 1384:Kuhn (1977) 492:formed the 467:prefectural 336:missionary 1531:Categories 1446:0295984309 1050:, p.  521:While the 471:provincial 449:—men like 424:Protestant 403:Hong's son 224:Wade–Giles 1520:144407449 1402:. Black. 804:20 (1973) 641:Footnotes 550:Guangdong 459:Qu Ya'ang 455:Liang Afa 439:Guangzhou 422:in 1807, 414:Formation 399:Shi Dakai 327:pamphlets 120:Guangdong 75:Scripture 1457:(1996), 852:Archived 629:See also 529:en masse 513:county, 348:Liang Fa 331:American 210:Bopomofo 96:Language 1421:Sources 1033:8 March 1008:8 March 581:Jintian 562:Trinity 515:Guangxi 511:Guiping 503:Shangdi 498:Guangxi 463:Malacca 451:Cai Gao 373:Beliefs 323:Shangdi 130:Defunct 106:Founder 100:Chinese 1518:  1512:177996 1510:  1469:  1443:  1406:  981:  953:  822:  762:  733:  706:  540:Growth 457:, and 435:Pazhou 367:Christ 303:: 301:pinyin 295:: 287:: 114:Origin 86:Region 1516:S2CID 1508:JSTOR 683:Notes 585:Punti 431:Macao 408:sheng 364:Jesus 117:1843 90:China 80:Bible 66:Jesus 1467:ISBN 1441:ISBN 1404:ISBN 1035:2013 1010:2013 979:ISBN 951:ISBN 820:ISBN 760:ISBN 731:ISBN 704:ISBN 603:and 589:Miao 556:and 469:and 445:and 377:The 346:(by 297:拜上帝會 289:拜上帝会 279:The 172:拜上帝会 158:拜上帝會 133:1864 48:拜上帝會 1500:doi 756:136 496:in 254:IPA 1533:: 1514:, 1506:, 1496:19 1494:, 1344:, 1306:^ 1277:^ 1208:^ 1179:^ 1170:, 1026:. 1001:. 965:^ 758:. 587:, 453:, 433:, 299:; 291:; 122:, 1502:: 1449:. 1412:. 1386:. 1054:. 1052:4 1037:. 1012:. 987:. 959:. 828:. 768:. 739:. 712:. 283:( 20:)

Index

God-Worshipping Society
Seal of the Taiping heavenly kingdom

Hong Xiuquan
Jesus
Scripture
Bible
China
Chinese
Guangdong
Qing dynasty
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Bopomofo
Wade–Giles
Tongyong Pinyin
IPA

simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Hong Xiuquan
Protestant Christianity
Chinese folk religion
Shangdi
pamphlets
American
Congregationalist

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.