Great Unity and Great Union · Hunan Chao Ben Talking True (15) -Christian and Catholic "Three Self" Patriotic Movement

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Hunan tide rushed, for a century.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the policy of the Communist Party of China. Over the past century, the party has always adhered to the eternal theme of the United Front as a united front, and to the greatest extent for the victory of revolution, construction, and reform. Over the past century, under the leadership of the party, Hunan has played an important role in various historical periods of the united front and made positive contributions.

The century -old heart did not change his heart, and the century -old struggle.

In order to remember the early hearts of the century -old concentric, Sanxiang United Front Network and New Hunan jointly planned the "Great Unity and Large Union • Hunan Chao Benyou" column, and selected important nodes and major events in the history of united fronts that have been closely related to Hunan over the past 100 years. In recent years, the brand work of the Hunan united front has been reviewed, reviewing the century -old brilliant journey of the Hunan united front, reflecting the united front in the struggle process, further re -listening to the party's firm beliefs, and the party with the party. Top ten victories were held.

There are five major religions of Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Christianity. Among them, Catholicism and Christianity were introduced to China, and in modern Chinese history, they were associated with the invasion and expansion of the Western imperialist powers. Western Catholic Church, Christian Church, and missionaries have entered the Mainland China with an unequal treaty. They have controlled the Chinese Catholic Church and Christian Church for a long time. They are used as tools for aggression against China by imperialism. During the Democratic Revolution, the Chinese Christian Church with national self -esteem and insight has made efforts to change the appearance of the "foreign education", but in the old China, it was impossible to change the dominance of the church's property and the management of management rights in the hands of foreigners. Essence

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, hostile forces at home and abroad attempted to continue to use religion against the new people's regime to carry out various destruction activities. On the one hand, on the one hand, the Communist Party of China further adhered to and developed the policy of religious belief in the New Democratic Revolution and the unified frontier policy of religious people in religious people. "Common Program", participate in the construction of New China and the three major movements; on the other hand, implement a positive and cautious work policy, formulate policies for the actual situation of various religions, support and guide Christianity, Catholic cuts and the relationship between imperialism, and eliminate its influence To make religion truly become the religious cause of self -organized by the people of China; promote democratic reforms in Buddhism, Taoism, and Islam, embark on the path of normal development, and gradually adapt to religion with the new society.

After the outbreak of the Korean War, foreign anti -China forces continued to host and oppose the destruction activities of the New China through churches, which stimulated the great indignation of the Chinese people and believers including Catholicism, Christian clergy and believers. With the support of the party and the government, with the enthusiasm of the people across the country, the patriotic democrats in the Catholicism, the patriotic democrats in the Christian world, and the majority of believers advocated and promoted the rise and vigorous development of the Catholic and Christian anti -emperor patriotic movements.

(In June 1950, Mao Zedong and Wu Yaozong talked)

In May 1950, Christian Patriot Wu Yaozong and his party arrived in Beijing. Zhou Enlai had four conversations with them. The main content of its conversation is that religious groups themselves must be independent and self -reliant, and they must establish a church of autonomy, self -care, and autobiography. Religious groups should get rid of imperialist control and eliminate the influence of imperialism. Zhou Enlai also pointed out that the materialist can be politically cooperated, can coexist, and should respect each other. We can cooperate on the basis of "Common Program". Our united front must be expanded, and its boundary depends on whether it is cut off with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism.

(On September 23, 1950, the "People's Daily" published the full text of the "Chinese Christianity in the Construction of New China". The "three self" patriotic movements of Chinese Christianity will be developed across the country).)

In July 1950, with the full discussion of the Chinese Christian community, 40 Christian church leaders represented by Wu Yaosong jointly published the declaration of "Chinese Christianity in the Construction of New China", and declared to the world that Chinese Christian determination to determine Chinese Christianity to determine the determination Thoroughly get rid of imperialist control and carry out the innovation campaign of three -autonomy (autonomy, self -support, autobiography). On September 23, 1950, "People's Daily" published the "Chinese Christian Christian Efforts in the Construction of New China in the Construction of New China" signed by 1527 religious people. stand up. Since then, the Christian community has set September 23rd every year as the "Three Self -Patriotic Movement Memorial Day".

In December 1950, the provincial heads of 16 major Christian denominations in Hunan held a meeting and established the Three Self -Renewal Promotion Committee of the Changsha Christian Group Federation. In April 1951, after the Cultural and Education Commission of the Government Affairs Council held a Christian group meeting in Beijing to deal with the US allowance, the Hunan Church held a representative conference of various sects, and officially established the preparatory committee of the Hunan Province Christian Anti -US Aid and the aid of the North Korea on September 28. In order to get rid of the control of the Western Poor Society and achieve the Three -self -innovation of the Church, under the leadership of the Preparatory Committee, Christianity Hunan Province held three consecutive phases and three self -innovation staff to study classes. Essence In September 1954, the association was renamed the Hunan Provincial Christian Three Self -Patriotic Movement Commission. The Christian Church of Hunan Province sent a representative of Liu Junan to participate in the third condolences of the Chinese people to the North Korea. The front line of the North Korea condolences to the Chinese people's volunteer army. On November 30, 1950, Wang Liangzuo, a Catholic priest in Guangyuan County, Sichuan Province, and more than 500 believers jointly published the Catholic Declaration of Revolutionary Revolution, advocating the relationship between Chinese Catholicism and the imperialists, and independently set up a church. The declaration was actively responding to the Catholic believers across the country. A campaign to discuss the criminals of imperialist missionaries in China and demanded that Catholicism from the control of imperialism was booming across the country.

In 1952, Li Yi, Liu Zhiquan, Guo Zeqian, Li Zhenlin, Yang Gaojian, and Xiong Delian of the 5 Catholic Diocelle in Changsha, Xiangtan, Hengyang, Lingling, and Changde, six patriotic godfares, broke through the "Declaration of the Catholic Revolutionary Revolution", and published it. Declaration of Hunan Catholicism. They used a lot of facts to reveal the darkness and ugliness of the Catholic Church in the past, and educated the majority of Catholic clergy and educating people. Soon, nine Catholic Diocese of Hunan established the Patriotic Congress, and on this basis, the Hunan Catholic Patriotic Association Liaison Committee was established. Since then, the autonomy and normal order of the financial, personnel and education affairs of each parish have been established.

The "three self" patriotic movements cleared the imperialist forces in Catholicism and Christianity, cut off the political and economic connections of Chinese religion and foreign churches, and got rid of the control of the imperialist church. Each teacher has independent and self -run churches, and has received the support and respect of the people. Among the people's governments at all levels and the CPPCC departments, members of each teaching representatives actively participate in the management of national affairs and the province's affairs, coordinate the government to implement the policy of freedom of religious belief, fully enjoy the right to religious belief, and increase the enthusiasm of serving the society. Since then, Hunan Catholicism and Christianity have embarked on the road of independent and self -run churches.

At the same time, in the urgent storms of the nationwide upper mass anti -feudal struggle, the various feudal systems and privileges in Buddhism and Taoism have been dismissed, and Buddhism and Taoism have won new students. (Reporter: Xie Yuxi Vision: Ye Yanna)

[Responsible editor: Lu Wei intern: Yang Shuwen]

[Source: Hunan Daily · New Hunan Client]

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