The Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (also known as Congregatio Discipulorum Domini in Latin) is a Catholic religious institute founded by future Cardinal Celso Costantini, an Italian, in 1928 at Xuanhua (Süanhwafu) of Hebei Province in China,[1] with the help of the Spanish Redemptorist missionaries.[2] It was the only Catholic institute to be established in Asia.
| Congregatio Discipulorum Domini | |
| Abbreviation | CDD |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1928 |
| Founder | Celso Costantini, CDD |
| Headquarters | Xuanhua, Hebei, China |
| Affiliations | Catholic Church |
The Congregation has been based in Taiwan since 1949 after Joseph Yang and other religious members fled; the congregation fell under the direction of Archbishop Joseph Guo Jincai.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ So, Francis K. H.; Leung, Beatrice K. F.; Mylod, Ellen Mary (2017-12-07). The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Birth, Growth and Development. Springer. pp. 71–84. ISBN 978-981-10-6665-8.
- ^ Boland, Samuel J. (2002). "The Redemptorists and the China Mission" (PDF). Spicilegium Historicum Congregationis SSmi Redemptoris (50): 604.
- ^ Tiedemann, R. G. (2016-07-01). Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-315-49732-7.
- ^ Sinicizing Christianity. BRILL. 2017-04-18. p. 217. ISBN 978-90-04-33038-2.
External links
edit- 歡迎參觀 - Congregatio Discipulorum Domini Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine official website in Chinese and English