兖州天主堂出版活动述论

The Publishing Activities of the Yanzhou Cathedral

山东兖州天主堂印书馆是德国圣言会在华出版中心,是近现代中国重要的天主教出版机构。它出版了大量通俗易懂的传教出版物,对天主教在华北的传播起到了重要作用。它刊行的中国基督教史和汉学研究著作,具有重要的研究价值和资料价值。兖州天主堂印书馆的出版活动具有多样性、开放性、注重通俗性与本土化等特点,是观察19世纪末至20世纪上半叶天主教在华出版事业的一个重要窗口。

The publishing house of the Yanzhou Cathedral was the publishing center of the Divine Word Missionaries(SVD)in China.It was one of the most important catholic publishing houses in modern China.The publishing house produced many missionary books in plain Chinese,which played important roles in disseminating Catholicism in the north of China.Its publications also included the works on the history of the Catholic Church in China and sinological works,which are valuable historical records and deserve further attention.The publishing activities of the Yanzhou Cathedral show the features of diversity,openness,popularity,and localization.The publishing house of the Yanzhou Cathedral provides an appropriate window to observe the publishing activities of the Catholic church in China from the late19 th century to the middle of the 20 th century.