Thursday, June 21, 2012

Christian

I stopped for a while to catch my breathe after I finished with my mini-lecture on Chinese history.

Then, I began again, "You know, the best example of history being written by the victors is, unfortunately, the story of Christianity."

"Oh..." Vivian certainly thought I touched a sensitive area.

"My dear, I'm serious." I went on, "Even if we consider the Protestant a branch from the Roman Catholic Church, the latter is not the only descendant of Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles - we have the Orthodox..."

The sobering truth is, although I studied in Catholic schools for 12 years and did take formal bible class, I'd not heard of the Great Schism before I graduated from medical school.

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