@brotherdragon89: In China, Jesus is Chinese. Paintings as far back as the 17 century depicted Christian figures in Chinese style - from how they looked to what they wore to where they lived. Even papal envoys backed the artistic push for localizing Catholicism in the 1900s as long as its tenets are preserved. #History #art #christianart #chinesetiktok #painting #20thcentury #artwork Sources: "The Indigenization Strategies of Catholic Painting in Early 20the Century China" by Zhang Xinyi; LIFE magazine (December 22, 1941), "Mary and Jesus in the Eyes of Chinese Painters" by Sheng Wenqiang (Sixth Tone)

☦️Orthodoxboizs☦️ :

I’m bout to crash out Jesus wasn’t African Chinese he was Middle Eastern

NeatoUdino :

This isn’t bad or anything, Catholicism believes that Mary will often appear in different depictions since people are tribal in a sense. There’s also Japanese, various African depictions, etc.

Kelvin💎 :

he was a literal middle eastern man what ?

@⃟:t :

errrrrh Jesus had green hair and blond eyes

Bored :

isn’t the point that like, the holy icon is always a reflection of the followers?

🪖🪲Georgia ✝️🐊 :

This is so freaking cool. I love how each religion depicts Jesus in their own image, like how god does us

Aleksa Milutinović ☦️✝️❤️ :

And that's what angers me. Ppl say that Jesus was always depicted as white but don't look outside of Europe

MrduckyVrgaming_🐥🐥 :

Jesus wasn’t white,black, nor Chinese but he was like the people from his time so like a brown color and black hair

☦️No_SpikO☦️ :

Allow Jesus was Middle Eastern it’s only all two common for people to imagine him as their race

El Yisus :

So, could this be called (besides colonization) cultural appropriation?

BAM0522 :

Yeah as a Catholic there are several different rites and Christ and Mother Mary are depicted as what the people are use to.

Theone🇩🇪🇻🇦✝️ :

I think its ok like we paint him white when he was middle eastern. The right way to paint him is what makes the people fell closest to him.

Avgeeks editor🛫 :

oh yeah that's just an icon we have different and he was middle eastern not middle eastern china so he's isralian cause he's Jewish

Zeke :

well its how different cultures depict him differently...

The_Hunman :

This is an example of how men created God in his own image😂

. :

This is exactly why people from all backgrounds. Muslims, Jews, atheists, agnostics, even pagans say Christianity isn’t monotheistic.

️ :

the only reason Jesus is Jesus is because there was no explosives in middle east that time

Gusty Sumarman88 :

ivaniris7 :

there were Also Black Maries , for Afro-American Christians , but What I Didn't Know Was , that Steve AokI is Jesus Christ .

CVL :

jadi mau liat Yesus Jawa

cahyo :

its cute😍😍

Oedo hurricane red :

that God don't look like Jesus Christ because Jesus never become Asian

ken :

😭 what the heck

Noah (Lihle) 💋❤️🌊🐚 :

then how did he- ok....

Maria_queen :

Aww❤