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Irish Missionaries in South Africa.pdf - 1 views

  • OF the four provinces which compose the Union of South Africa namely, the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal, and the Cape-only the last mentioned was to any notable extent the scene of the missionary labours of Irish bishops and
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      In South Africa's Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, and Cape provinces, Irish bishops and missionaries were active
  • The first Europeans who came to South Africa were, of course, Catholics (Protestantism did not exist then), and their first act was a religious act. They were Portu guese, and the standard they hoisted was not the standard of Portugal but that of the Kingdom of
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      This highlights that the first Europeans to South Africa were Catholics and Portuguese, hoisted the standard of the Kingdom of Portugal.
  • In 1674 we learn that the Catholic Church was present in the Cape at least in its
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      This highlights the fact that catholic churches which were promoted by missionaries were present in the Cape of South Africa in 1674
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  • St. Peter's College, Wexford, has the distinction of being the first nursery of Irish missionaries
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      This highlight that St. Peter's College was the first nursery of Irish missionaries.
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AHR_47_1_2015_Layout 1.indd.pdf - 1 views

  • missionaries religiously believed in abstract equality between Christians, irrespective of their race
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      Missionaries held a firm religious belief in the universal equality of all Christians, regardless of race.
  • missionaries developed a problematic relationship with British colonial rule, to the extent that by the 1890s, they had embraced a theological validation for the colonisation of the
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      By the 1890s, missionaries had adopted a religious justification for the colonization of the British colonies as a result of their contentious relationship with British colonial power.
  • missionaries also believed in an itinerant approach to their work. They initially thought that the most effective way to proselytise and convert Africans was to travel from one African community to another.
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      missionaries favored a nomadic style of operation. At first, they believed that moving from one African community to another was the most fruitful way to spread the gospel and convert Africans.
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  • it was the opposite. They resorted to the ‘mission strategy’ which entailed ‘taking hold of the land
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      They did not do what they intended to do, instead they forcefully took other peoples land.
  • Mission stations therefore became sites of struggles for the control and movement of Africans. Furthermore, the need to control African labour became a contentious issue between missionaries and settlers.
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      As a result, mission stations became the scene of conflicts over the management and transportation of Africans. In addition, the requirement to manage African labor turned into a bone of contention between missionaries and settlers.
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missionaries in south africa before 1890 - Bing images - 1 views

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    This is a picture that was taken before the 1890 of the missionaries in South Africa.The American Board of Commissioners for a Foreign Missions dispatched Adams Dr. Newton, a medical missionary from Ohio Country New York, to South Africa in 1834. At Umlazi, he established a mission station and school. This image shows a missionary preaching in 1834 in Umlazi
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    this is a picture that was taken in 1834 in Umlazi when a missionary was preaching in south africa
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ALOLUQ093199081.pdf - 1 views

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    This is a primary source that I got from gale, it is a letter that was written by Wilmington which was one of the missionaries in South Africa, he was writing this letter to the Siberia mission command conference to the Dean brother, he was writing this letter to salute him on the good work he has done ad also saying goodbye to him after the mission was complete.
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