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The Lord's Prayer

天におられる私たちの父よ
み名が聖とされますように
み国がきますように
みこころが天に行われるとおり
地にも行われますように
私たちの日ごとの糧を今日もお与えください
私たちの罪をおゆるしください
私たちも人をゆるします
私たちを誘惑におちいらせず、悪からお救いください
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1279 - Battle of Yamen - Mongol-led Yuan outnumbered 10:1 removed Song dynasty
Yamen is situated near the Pearl River delta not far from Macau.
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Portuguese Macao/Macau 1557-1999

.. became the center of missionary activity in the Far East

1562 - first Jesuits set up a residence and start apostolic work in Macao ministering to the 5,000 inhabitants of Macau, among whom were 600 Portuguese.
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Francis Xavier was the first Jesuit to go to Japan as a missionary. Historians believe he baptized roughly 30,000. Venerated in: Catholic Church; Anglican Communion; Lutheranism

Born in the town of Xavier, Spain, he was a companion of Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534.

Portuguese Macao became a home in exile for Japanese Christians.

Japanese Christian craftsmen completed in Macao the largest Church in Asia - 1640 (Igreja de São Paulo) - Ruins of Saint Paul's

There were daimyos & Japanese samurai warriors who converted to Christianity during the 16th century. Between 1553 and 1620, eighty-six daimyos were officially baptized (out of 200 in Japan).

Hebrews 4:12 NASB
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Christianity into Tibet

António de Andrade was a Jesuit priest and explorer from Portugal. He entered the Society ( Original Jesuits of Paris France ) of Jesus in 1596.
He was also involved in missionary work in India (1600-1634).
Andrade was the first known European to have went through the Himalayas and reached Tibet - the first Christian mission on Tibetan soil.

In 1630, the Tibetan Christians were singled out for retribution and many were sent into exile
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Jesuit - Je suit ( I follow )
established in Paris France 1540
taking the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience

ᵀʰᵉ ˢᵘᵖᵖʳᵉˢˢⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵉᵗʸ ᵒᶠ ᴶᵉˢᵘˢ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵉᵐᵒᵛᵃˡ ᵒᶠ ᵃˡˡ ᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᴶᵉˢᵘⁱᵗˢ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵂᵉˢᵗᵉʳⁿ ᴱᵘʳᵒᵖᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗⁱᵛᵉ ᶜᵒˡᵒⁿⁱᵉˢ ᵇᵉᵍⁱⁿⁿⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ¹⁷⁵⁹ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵍ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵇᵒˡⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᴴᵒˡʸ ˢᵉᵉ ⁱⁿ ¹⁷⁷³.