The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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... Christian faith itself , arguments that he himself had written out and printed in his True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven ( Tianzhu shiyi ) , a summary of Christian doctrine presented in the form of a dialogue be- tween a Chinese and a ...
... Christian faith itself , arguments that he himself had written out and printed in his True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven ( Tianzhu shiyi ) , a summary of Christian doctrine presented in the form of a dialogue be- tween a Chinese and a ...
Page 245
... Christ had entered the Virgin's womb in the Incarnation , some confusion was inevitable , and remov- ing the Virgin's picture from its prominent position did not end the rumors . That the Christian God was a woman with a child in her ...
... Christ had entered the Virgin's womb in the Incarnation , some confusion was inevitable , and remov- ing the Virgin's picture from its prominent position did not end the rumors . That the Christian God was a woman with a child in her ...
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... Christian converts burned statues of Guanyin , the Buddhist goddess of mercy , along with other images and perhaps with an added urgency , since even Christian missionaries themselves had confused her image at first sight with that of ...
... Christian converts burned statues of Guanyin , the Buddhist goddess of mercy , along with other images and perhaps with an added urgency , since even Christian missionaries themselves had confused her image at first sight with that of ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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