One of the first original theological texts from this country analyzes how the cross is a synthesis of love and wrath called the "pain of God".
One of the first original theological texts from this country analyzes how the cross is a synthesis of love and wrath called the "pain of God". The patron saint of Mexico City died in this country, whose "non-church" movement does not believe in liturgy or clergy. A missionary here named James Curtis Hepburn wrote an influential dictionary of English and this country's language. Its "twenty-six" martyrs were forced to walk 600 miles to be crucified in 1597 and include Paul Miki. Suspected believers here were ordered to step on pictures of Jesus or Mary to prove they were not Christian. In January 1548, the missionary Francis Xavier began spreading Catholicism in this country. For 10 points, what country's hidden "Christians" were known as kakure kirishitan?
One of the first original theological texts from this country analyzes how the cross is a synthesis of love and wrath called the "pain of God".
Japan [or Nippon]