China-based Christian group prints 50 mln Bibles

时间：2007-12-10 08:00:30

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BEIJING, Dec. 9 - A China-based Christian1 group announced that it had printed 50 million Bibles, mainly for Chinese believers.

 

Ye Xiaowen, head of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, said at a ceremony on Saturday that the Chinese government respects and protects religious freedom and supports, as always, printing and publishing Bibles in China.

 

The Amity2 Printing Company, which is affiliated3 to the Amity Foundation, printed the 50 millionth Bible in mid4 September, in addition to 9 million New Testaments5.

 

About 43 million copies of the complete Bible were produced for believers on the Chinese mainland, with copies in Braille and eight minority languages. The remaining 7 million were exported to over 60 countries and regions around the world.

 

In recent years, about 3 million copies of Bible rolled off the press every year, the company said.

 

The Amity Foundation, the only one authorized6 in China for printing Bibles, said it has 74 sales offices throughout the country, which channel Bibles to nationwide Christians7.

 

Bishop8 Kuang-hsun Ting, chair of the board of the Amity Foundation, said that the printing company would not only produce Bibles for his fellow Christians, but also donate its earnings9 for charity.

 

Official statistics on Christianity in China reveals there are 16 million believers, a number which is continuously expanding. The country also has 18 theological schools, with about 1,800 students.

 

During the Beijing Olympics 2008, Ye said, local religious groups will provide help and service to overseas tourists, including Bible copies.

 

Last month Beijing Olympics organizers were forced to angrily deny that Bibles and other religious items for personal use would not be welcome at next year's Olympics.

 

A notice on the official Beijing Olympics Web site explaining entry procedures into the country said "each traveller is recommended to take no more than one Bible into China."

 

Religious services -- Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist10 -- will be available to athletes in the Olympic Village next summer, Zhanjun, director of the Beijing Olympics media center said.

 
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1 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
2 amity lwqzz     
n.友好关系
参考例句：
  • He lives in amity with his neighbours.他和他的邻居相处得很和睦。
  • They parted in amity.他们很友好地分别了。
3 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句：
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
4 mid doTzSB     
adj.中央的，中间的
参考例句：
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
5 testaments eb7747506956983995b8366ecc7be369     
n.遗嘱( testament的名词复数 )；实际的证明
参考例句：
  • The coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters. 海岸线上充满了海水肆虐过后的杂乱东西。 来自互联网
  • A personification of wickedness and ungodliness alluded to in the Old and New Testaments. 彼勒《旧约》和《新约》中邪恶和罪孽的化身。 来自互联网
6 authorized jyLzgx     
a.委任的，许可的
参考例句：
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
7 Christians 28e6e30f94480962cc721493f76ca6c6     
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
8 bishop AtNzd     
n.主教，（国际象棋）象
参考例句：
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
9 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
10 Buddhist USLy6     
adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
参考例句：
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

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