A Study on Chinese Rural Romanists'Belief in Grace from 1840 to 1911

The article analyzes the process of Chinese rural Romanists'absorbing the teaching of Grace in late Imperial Qing from the following three aspects:the logic of Grace, the fulfillment of Grace and the outcome of Grace. The article advances that Chinese traditional cultures and beliefs played a constructing role in Chinese rural Romanists'absorbing the teaching of Grace. The symbols, words and rituals of the Roman Catholic were connected with Chinese traditional culture and belief conscientiously or spontaneously.