The counter-revolutionary and restorationist crimes of Catholicism before Liberation

解放前天主教会反革命复辟活动的罪行
Jiefangqian Tianzhu jiaohui fangeming fubi huodongde zuixing
The counter-revolutionary and restorationist crimes of Catholicism before Liberation
mid 1960s
Publisher unknown
54x38 cm.
BG D25/87

A two-part series detailing the counterrevolutionary activities and "crimes" perpetrated by the Roman Catholic Mission in China before and after 1949. Both series are incomplete: the first part lacks the opening sheets; the second part lacks at least one sheet, and possibly more at the end.
Due to this, it is impossible to indicate when the series were published, where, by whom, and for what specific purpose. The last evil deed discussed, at the end of part two, dates from July 1965, during the "Four Clean Ups" movement (四清运动). This suggests that the two series were published some time in the mid-1960s.
The names of the foreign missionaries have been identified as far as possible.

Above, "Imperialist missionaries extorted 6,000 taels of silver from Qihui Village, Hejian County, Hebei Province in the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu [1901]. This is an order issued by the county magistrate of the Qing government to the people of Qihui Village under the threat of imperialist missionaries” (帝国主义传教士,在光绪二十七年勒索河北省河间县齐会村现银六千两。这是当时清政府县官在帝国主义传教士威胁下,向齐会村人民发的谕令).

Below, "The Catholic Church also relied on the reactionary government to force rent and debts on it. This is evidence of the Songjiang Catholic Church in the suburbs of Shanghai colluding with the Songjiang County officials to send troops to force rent on farmers!” (天主教会还依仗反动官府为其逼租逼债。这是上海郊区松江天主堂勾结松江县官派兵向农民逼租的罪证!).

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