Thomas Colsy

Thomas Colsy is a writer for the Catholic Herald

How the English Reformation nearly finished off Christianity in Japan

From our UK edition

Christmas is for the Japanese, rather miserably, a regular working day. This might easily not have been the case. The Japanese were once on the verge of adopting the Christian faith at every strata of society, from peasant to ruler. The English Reformation had a surprisingly significant role in ensuring this didn’t come to pass.