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A huge contributing factor to the failure of the Catholic Church in creating a lasting foothold in East Asia was its structure, wherein the faithful are supposed to be nominally loyal to the Pope, which created tensions as leaders thought it might compromise their countries to foreign influence. What if instead, "Protestant" (or at least, non-Catholic) missionaries arrived in East Asia first? Would there be similar reactions to the new faith, or would it be tolerated and allowed to grow? How much oversight could be managed, in any case, and would distinct local traditions arise and dominate due to inability to enforce orthodoxy?
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