Заключение

And in general, Western missionaries now pay very little attention to Muhammadanism. Western Christians, who once so strenuously fought against Mohammedanism, now look at the fact of its existence and even its strengthening, apparently completely indifferently. Some, based on the idea that Muhammadanism is still better than paganism, look at its strengthening, for example, in Africa, even very favorably and sympathetically. Tired of failures, they not only came to terms with this sad fact of the strengthening of Muhammadanism, but also found it possible to take care of its protection and take upon themselves the responsibility of preserving the integrity of the power that constitutes the stronghold of Muhammadanism. There is no longer any talk in the West about the Tatars, who once aroused the jealousy of Western missionaries and now make up a very significant part of the confessors of Muhammadanism. Since most of the Tatars are under Russian citizenship, it is hardly possible to expect any attempts on the part of Western missionaries to convert them to Christianity. Even if these missionaries had the opportunity to make such attempts, then, with the methods of missionary work that are common among them, they would hardly have had any success. Their previous experiences in this kind sufficiently show how unlikely this success is for them. In all their missionary activities among the Tatars, a rather significant lack of true Christian love for this people is noticeable. This shortcoming was revealed quite clearly 1) in the fact that the missionaries, having arrived with Christian preaching to the Tatars, paid very little attention to them; all their activities were directed at the Nestorians and other Eastern Christians and, at best, at the Tatar sovereigns, 2) in the fact that these missionaries cared very little about the religious education of the baptized Tatars, they cared more about the number of conversions, but not about their quality, they cared more about themselves than about the people they converted. They tried too much about how to have more converts and thus present their works in the most favorable light before the pope or their compatriots, and too little about the religious education of these converts. In continuation of their centuries-long activity among the Tatars, they did not manage to make a translation of St. Scripture, no translation of the service (because the only news about the Monte Corvino translations is very doubtful). In this respect, Western missionaries, not excluding Protestants, are far inferior to Eastern ones, even Nestorian ones. Eastern missionaries have always been friends of the nationality; they appeared with ready-made translations of St. Scriptures, liturgical and doctrinal books; they usually gave rise to national literature, art, etc. Without a doubt, only missionary work like this can have a happy future among the Tatars. You might be interested in: