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 60
... faith is small , why did you doubt ? " A man who has strong faith in the Way can walk on the yielding water as if on solid rock , but if he goes back to doubting , then the water will go back to its true nature , and how can he stay ...
... faith is small , why did you doubt ? " A man who has strong faith in the Way can walk on the yielding water as if on solid rock , but if he goes back to doubting , then the water will go back to its true nature , and how can he stay ...
Page 100
... faith , which thing for the great daunger many waies , and the smal probabilitie ( as a man would thinke ) to doe great good , might justly make very good men to stagger . 14 Ricci gave only one clue , late in his life , of how he had ...
... faith , which thing for the great daunger many waies , and the smal probabilitie ( as a man would thinke ) to doe great good , might justly make very good men to stagger . 14 Ricci gave only one clue , late in his life , of how he had ...
Page 249
... faith : As to the articles of the Christian faith , though I cannot comprehend the grandeur of every mystery , with all my heart I subject myself to them , and believe all that is contained in them . I pray to the Spirito Sancto [ a ...
... faith : As to the articles of the Christian faith , though I cannot comprehend the grandeur of every mystery , with all my heart I subject myself to them , and believe all that is contained in them . I pray to the Spirito Sancto [ a ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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