The Catholics’ Religious Life through Research on the SinoNom Inscriptions in the Red River Delta

Abstract

The Catholicism’s Sino-Nôm inscriptions are a
product of a historical period and most of them have been
found in the Red River Delta. They contain cultural
cryptography that need to be decoded, especially in the
context of which they are at risk. This article refers to three
main issues as follow: the main viewpoints of religious life in
Vietnam today; some characteristics of the Catholicism’s
Sino-Nôm inscriptions in the Red River Delta; the Catholics’
religious life history through the Sino-Nôm inscriptions