The religious cults associated originally to the lineage, the social disruption during the change of dynasties, the identification to the lineage are the main reasons which explain the conversion of local lineages to Catholicism.

• 总之，天主教传播的宗族依附性，是明清时期福安乡村教会发展的显著特点，也是天主教能够在官府严禁之下延续传播的主要原因。