The church in Indonesia is divided into two, namely the Catholic church and the Christian church. The Christian Church in Indonesia, is expected to begin in the 12th century, where Egyptian Christians note that there are several Christian churches established in Barus, the west coast of North Sumatra which is a frequent trading post Was visited by Indian merchants and because it was associated with Saint Thomas Christian in India. However, there is no evidence that Christianity ever arrived before the arrival of Portuguese merchants in the 16th century. For the Catholic church, it began to emerge as early as the 14th century, through the Roman Catholic mission to reach Indonesia led by Mattiussi who visited Sumatra, Java, and Banjarmasin.
The Beginning of Church Development in Indonesia
The history of the emergence of churches in Indonesia from the Christian side began when the Portuguese arrived in the Malacca Sultanate which now became Malaysia in 1509 in search of the wealth they had. Initially, their relationship went so well that Goa and some conflicts between Muslims and Christians caused the Muslims in Malacca to argue that the coming of the Christian Portuguese would only bring trouble to them. To make matters worse is the Malacca settlement, where the incident was judged to be the turning point that made all Muslims of Malacca create a sentiment against the Christian Portuguese. Resistance also emerged from Muslims in Aceh, as well as the Ottoman Empire. Although the Portuguese succeeded in establishing several churches, their arrival in Malacca was judged more negative than their original purpose of promoting the religion.
The History of the Presence of the Church in Indonesia - The Place of Worship of Christians
On the Catholic side, Mattiussi who was an Italian monk confessed that he was commissioned by the Pope to sail from Padua to Sumatra before finally arriving in Java and Banjarmasin. This mission began in 1318, and ended with his return by land across China, Vietnam, and Europe in 1330. In the notes he made, it was written also a Javanese kingdom that has a Hindu-Buddhist style, as in Majapahit. The mission is regarded as a pioneer mission, where because of this mission the Catholic Church can have Information about the condition of Asia, where at that time there was not any influence of Catholicism on the continent.
When the Malacca Occupation took place in 1511 by the Portuguese, the Catholic missionaries also arrived in the area immediately. One of the most famous and important in the historical development of the church in Indonesia is Francis Xavier. When the Portuguese were driven out of Ternate in 1574, many Catholics in the area who were killed or forcibly converted into Islam. In 1605, the remaining Catholics were forced again to adopt a new teaching, the Protestant. Only in 1808 under the leadership of Daendels, Catholics were given the freedom to embrace their own religion.
Back tracing the history of the Christian church was when in 1972, a native of Bali named I Wayan Mastra embraced Christianity when he was studying at a Christian school on the island of Java. He later became chairman of the GKPB and began the process of Balinization, where he tried to make the Christian churches in Bali more open to Balinese cultures, following the Bali Catholic Church which had already done so.
The history of the church in Indonesia especially the Catholic church again changed when in 1896, a Dutch pastor named Frans van Lith came to Muntilan, Central Java. Initially, whatever he tried did not end well but eventually in 1904 there were 4 urban leaders who came from Kalibawang came to his house and asked for a teaching about the religion he was carrying. On December 15 of the same year, 178 Javanese were finally baptized in the Semagun area. In addition, Van Lith also founded a school for teachers in Muntilan where the school was named Normaalschool in 1900 and turned into Kweekschool in 1904. In 1911, Van Lith set up a Medium Seminary that managed to score important people in the history of Catholic Indonesia FX Satiman SJ, Albertus Soegijapranata SJ, and Adrianus Djajasepoetra SJ.
The Christian Church itself, although its religion remains a minority in various regions, does not stop spreading its teachings. So in the sixties, many Chinese and communist followers converted to Christianity because of anti-communist and anti-Confucian jargon. At this time also began to be made many Christian schools that teach about the religion. Until now, the Christian Church is still trying to grow more rapidly than its previous development.
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