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Myeongdong Catholic church 명동성당Area.Seoul/Jung-gu 2021. 1. 14. 10:44
It is a cathedral representing Catholicism in our country. It is also the only pure Gothic building in Korea. In 1784, Catholicism of Joseon was established by the gathering of Kim Bum-woo, Lee Seung-hoon, Jeong Yak-jeon and Kwon Il-shin. When the Korea-U.S. Treaty of Protection was signed in 1882, some of the land in Myeong-dong was purchased by Bishop Blanc, who was then the head of the dioces..
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Jeondong Cathedral 전동성당Area.Jeolla-do/Jeonju 2021. 1. 14. 10:02
Before Korea, there was a kingdom called Joseon. Joseon was a very conservative country. Thus, in 1800, missionaries from the West were very negative and persecuted. Missionaries from the West argued for the freedom of the Korean people for religious reasons. However, the Joseon Dynasty's royal government, which maintained a status-based society, was not happy because their claims were against s..