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Teen
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Chinese, heaven), a word generally used by the early Roman Catholic missionaries to denote the Supreme Being; but, to render it more evidently descriptive of a person, the Inquisition ordered the addition to it of the word Choo, "Lord?" Thus Teen-Choo meant "Lord of heaven," and came to be the recognized appellative of God by Romish converts. The Protestant missionaries rejected Teen, and substituted Shin or Shang-te.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Teen'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/teen.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Teen'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/teen.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
