Dīs Pater Dīs Pater Dīs Pater (pronounced ) was a Roman god of the underworld. Dis was originally associated with fertile agricultural land and mineral wealth, and since those minerals came from underground, he was later equated with the chthonic deities Pluto (Hades) and Orcus. "Dīs Pater" was commonly shortened to simply Dīs and this name has since become an alternative name for the underworld or a part of the underworld, such as the City of Dis of Dante's "The Divine Comedy", which comprises Lower Hell. It is often thought that Dīs Pater was also a Celtic god. This confusion arises from
Chinese names for the God of Abrahamic religions composed by Lü Dongbin, the Christian God is denominated by the term "Tiānzhǔ" (天主, literally, "Lord of Heaven"), 800 years before Matteo Ricci and his companions. Islam has enjoyed a long history in China. For Chinese Muslims, the principal term for God is also "Zhēnzhǔ" (真主) but transliterations of the Arabic "Allâh" also exist as "Ālā", and as "Ānlā"="Ān" "Peace"+"Lā" "Help" (阿拉 and 安拉). The term "Húdà" (胡大), from Persian "khudai", for God, is seen more often in north-western China. The earliest documented Chinese Roman Catholic church was founded in China in about 1289. The Roman Catholic Church historically favored