Yi Sǔng-hun (English spelling)

Japanese: 李承薫 - りしょうくん（英語表記）Yi Sǔng-hun

Born: 1756, 32nd year of King Yeongjo's reign. Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do
[Death] King Sunjo 1 (1801)
The first Christian in Korea. He accompanied his father, Dong-yu Yi, who was part of the Korean king's envoy to Beijing, to Beijing, where he was baptized under the name of Peter by the Franciscan priest Gobea, the Bishop of Beijing, and introduced Christianity to Korea. Due to incomplete knowledge, they established their own hierarchy, and Seong-hoon performed the liturgy as one of the priests, but later, after receiving news from Beijing, he realized that this was wrong and stopped. Furthermore, he left the church because the Bishop of Beijing refused to allow ancestor veneration. The Christianity he brought to Korea was persecuted within 10 years of his baptism, but it is said that he gained 4,000 followers (→Christianity in Korea).

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Japanese:

[生]英祖32(1756).江原道，平昌
[没]純祖1(1801)
朝鮮最初のキリスト教信者。北京への朝鮮国王の使節一行の一人であった父李東郁に伴われて北京へ行き，そこで北京司教フランシスコ会士ゴベアからペテロの名で受洗，キリスト教を朝鮮へ伝えた。不完全な知識から自分たちで教階制 (ヒエラルキア) を創設し，承薫も司祭の一人として典礼を行なったが，のち北京からの知らせで誤りとわかり中止した。さらに北京司教が祖先崇敬を拒否したので教会を離れた。彼のもたらしたキリスト教は彼の受洗後 10年で迫害にあったが，4000名の信徒を得たという (→朝鮮のキリスト教 ) 。

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