Don Baker, with Franklin Rausch, Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Choson Korea, University of Hawaii Press, 2017, is the standard modern academic account of Korea's Catholic church, founded unusually by Koreans themselves rather than resident missionaries. Yi Seung-hun was baptized in Beijing in 1784 and returned to found a self-organized lay community meeting in Seoul by early 1785, years before any Western priest reached Korea, and the book traces the repeated waves of persecution that followed, including Yi's own execution in 1801.
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Major university press academic monograph, the standard modern treatment of this genuinely unusual case of a church founded by lay converts before any missionary presence; used for the 1784 to 1785 founding and the persecution that followed. NotesUsed for the lay-founded Catholic church in Korea, 1784 to 1785.
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AuthorDon Baker with Franklin Rausch
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
Publication Year2017
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Beijing directly: "Yi Seung-hun was baptized in Beijing in 1784 and returned to found a self-organized lay community meeting in Seoul by early 1785, years before any Western priest reached Korea, and the book traces..."
Source Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Choson KoreaDon Baker with Franklin Rausch
This source names Yi Seung-hun directly: "rather than resident missionaries. Yi Seung-hun was baptized in Beijing in 1784 and returned to found a self-organized lay community meeting in Seoul by early 1785, years before any Western priest..."
Source Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Choson KoreaDon Baker with Franklin Rausch
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