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Thomas J. Arnold Missionary in China during the Qing dynasty; David Bogue – missionary to India, convert from the Church of Scotland; Samuel Dyer – 19th-century China; William Ellis – missionary to the South Pacific and an author; Cynthia Farrar – missionary to India, 1827–1862; Cyrus Hamlin – American missionary in Turkey
364 – Conversion of Vandals to Christianity begins during reign of Emperor Valens [29] 370 – Wulfila translates the Bible into Gothic, the first Bible translation done specifically for missionary purposes; 378 – Jerome writes, "From India to Britain, all nations resound with the death and resurrection of Christ" [18]
During the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries and missionaries (such as Saint Patrick and Adalbert of Prague) fostered formal education and learning of religion, beyond the boundaries of the old Roman Empire. In the seventh century, Gregory the Great sent missionaries, including Augustine of Canterbury, into England.
The Catholic Church during the Age of Discovery inaugurated a major effort to spread Christianity in the New World and to convert the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other indigenous peoples. The evangelical effort was a major part of, and a justification for, the military conquests of European powers such as Portugal , Spain , and France .
The missionaries to the East and South Slavs had great success in part because they used the people's native language rather than Latin or Greek. In Great Moravia, Constantine and Methodius encountered Frankish missionaries from Germany, representing the western or Latin branch of the Church, and more particularly representing the Holy Roman ...
During the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries and missionaries such as Saint Patrick, and Adalbert of Prague propagated learning and religion beyond the boundaries of the old Roman Empire. In the seventh century Gregory the Great sent missionaries, including Augustine of Canterbury , into England, and in the eight century English Christians ...
Father Damien – missionary to Hawaii known for working with the lepers; Anton Docher – French missionary in New Mexico, defender of the Native Americans; Louis William Valentine Dubourg – missionary to the US; Francis Xavier Ford – missionary to China, martyr and Servant of God; Joseph Freinademetz – nineteenth-century canonized ...
The Bulgarian alphabet was introduced in the late 9th century, and numerous Bulgarian missionaries introduced the Bulgarian script to Serbs, Russians, Vlachs and the rest of Eastern European peoples. The Baptism of Kiev in 988 helped spread Christianity throughout Kievan Rus', establishing Christianity among Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.