(Through all the vagaries of persecution and war, Nagasaki has remained the major center of Japanese Christianity. )
(Nagasaki has endured tremendous hardships in order to retain his original role in Japanese Christianity.)
mnli hypothesis: (Nagasaki has endured tremendous hardships in order to retain his original role in Japanese Christianity.) premise: (Through all the vagaries of persecution and war, Nagasaki has remained the major center of Japanese Christianity. )