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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Page 14
... Ignatius of Loyola was later to read with fascination , used language of exceptional force . Ludolfus compelled his Christian readers to be present at the Crucifix- ion , pounding his words into the reader's ears as the nails pounded ...
... Ignatius of Loyola was later to read with fascination , used language of exceptional force . Ludolfus compelled his Christian readers to be present at the Crucifix- ion , pounding his words into the reader's ears as the nails pounded ...
Page 133
Jonathan D. Spence. been a project dear to the heart of Ignatius of Loyola in the years before his death in 1556 , and he had personally taken an active part in trying to find an appropriate font of type - first pursuing the possibility ...
Jonathan D. Spence. been a project dear to the heart of Ignatius of Loyola in the years before his death in 1556 , and he had personally taken an active part in trying to find an appropriate font of type - first pursuing the possibility ...
Page 166
... Ignatius of Loyola gave his views on the need for Jesuit poverty in the reflections on " Christ the King " that he appended at the end of the first week of the Spiritual Exercises . Those making the exercises were to hear in their minds ...
... Ignatius of Loyola gave his views on the need for Jesuit poverty in the reflections on " Christ the King " that he appended at the end of the first week of the Spiritual Exercises . Those making the exercises were to hear in their minds ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
Copyright | |
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