William Jones Boone (father)

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William Jones Boone
Channing M. Williams
Orders
Ordination3 March 1837
Personal details
Born1 July 1811
Walterboro, South Carolina
Died17 July 1864 (1864-07-18) (aged 53)
Shanghai

William Jones Boone (1 July 1811 – 17 July 1864) was the first

bishop of China and Japan and the first bishop of China outside the Roman tradition.[1]

Life

Boone was born in

College of South Carolina in 1829 and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained deacon
on 18 September 1836 and priest on 3 March 1837.

Missionary work in China

Under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission (PECM, also called the American Church Mission), Boone was appointed a missionary to China on 17 January 1837. Accompanied by his wife Amelia he commenced his journey to China from Boston on 8 July 1837 reaching Batavia on 22 October the same year. In Batavia he studied alongside the priests Henry Lockwood and Francis Hanson to gain a degree of fluency in the Chinese language.

Prior to the conclusion of the

treaty port of Amoy, to set up the first base for the Episcopalians.[1]

On a return visit the United States Boone was consecrated at

George Smith
he chose to relocate the center of his mission work to Shanghai in 1845 where he served until his death in 1864.

Boone was responsible for the recruitment of numerous missionaries; notably Emma Jones, Henry M. Parker and Channing Moore Williams his eventual successor as Bishop of China nad Japan. Boone with others is credited with the translation of the Book of Common Prayer into Chinese and also contributed to a Chinese translation of the Bible. He also ordained the first Chinese priest, Huang Guangcai (Chinese: 黃光彩, 1827–96) in 1851.[1]

Between 1848 and 1850, Boone was a central figure in the "Term Question" debate on how to translate the word "God" into Chinese for the

Delegates Version Bible. He advocated using the word shen 神, in opposition to figures like James Legge who favoured using Shangdi 上帝.[5]

Family

He married Sarah Amelia deSaussure who died at

Missionary Bishop of Shanghai
in the Episcopal Church.

Consecrators

William Jones Boone was the

Episcopal Church
.

Works

See also

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 911961991
    .
  2. ^ "Anglican and Episcopal Bishops in China, 1844–1912" (PDF). Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Archives. May 11, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "China, Missionary District of". An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church. 2000. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Gray, G. F. S. (1996). Smalley, Martha Lund (ed.). Anglicans in China: A History of the Zhonghua Shenggong Hui (Chung Hua Sheng Kung Huei). Episcopal China Mission History Project.
  5. ^ Oak, S. D. (2012). Competing Chinese names for God: the Chinese term question and its influence upon Korea. Journal of Korean Religions, 89-115.
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
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Missionary Bishop of China and Japan

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