Research Catalog

Title

The mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and beyond (1602-1747) / by John M. Flannery.

Author

Flannery, John M.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Details

Description

vii, 286 pages; 25 cm

Series Statement

Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; volume 43

Uniform Title

Studies in Christian mission ; v. 43.

Subjects

• Iran
• Mission
• Augustinians Missions > History
• Augustinians Missions > Iran > History
• Portugiesen
• History
• Missions to Muslims
• Augustinians
• Augustinians Portugal > History
• Augustiner-Eremiten
• Missions
• Portugal

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction -- 2. The historical context for the Augustinian mission to Safavid Persia. The Portuguese padroado ; The Roman Congregation de Propaganda Fide ; The origins and development of Shi'a Islam ; The founding of the Safavid state ; Shah ʻAbbas I Safavi ; Christian minorities in Safavid Persia, their status and treatment ; Relations between Safavid Persia and Georgia ; The 'Prester John syndrome' : Christian Europe's enduring search for an ally against Islam ; Relations between Portugal and Persia -- 3. Origins of the Augustinian Order, its Portuguese Province, and the Congregation of the East Indies. Origins of the Augustinian Hermits ; Our father Saint Augustine : the creation of the Augustinian myth ; The Portuguese Augustinian Province : origins, decline, reform ; To Hormuz, Goa and beyond : the Augustinian Congregation of the East Indies ; The embassies of Simão de Moraes and Nicolau de Melo to Persia ; The embassy of 1602 and the foundation of the Augustinian mission in Isfahan ; Liberty to captives : ransom of Christian prisoners at the heart of a Shiʻa Muslim state -- 4. Aspects of Augustinian presence in Isfahan. The first Augustinian convent and church in Isfahan ; A new Augustinian convent and church in Isfahan ; The Augustinian foundation in Isfahan in contemporary travel accounts ; Relations with the propaganda ; A scarcity of texts for evangelisation ; Life and apostolic endeavours at the convent of Isfahan ; Relations with the Syrian Church -- 5. A decline in zeal : apostasy and polemic. Indications of decline ; Where wine and women bring about the apostasy of the wise (Sir. 19:20) ; The 'Doctor of the Alcoran' and his treatises against Christianity ; A chain of Christian-Muslim polemic : from Jerome Xavier to António de Jesus -- and beyond? ; The end of Augustinian presence in Persia -- 6. Augustinian contacts with Armenian Christianity. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth ... (Is. 18:2) ; Christianity in Armenia ; An Augustinian encounter with the Armenian clergy of Julfa ; A visit from the Fratre Unitores ; Holy Etchmiadzin ; ʻAbbas' deportation of the Armenians in 1604 ; A letter of obedience to Pope Paul V, signed by the Armenians of New Julfa ; Hopes of union founder ; The missionaries flee Isfahan -- 7. Catholic missions to the 'St John Christians'. The Mandaeans ; The first Augustinian mission to the Mandaeans ; Initial establishment of the dual mission at Basra ; The Carmelite mission under Basílio de São Francisco ; Early Augustinian missionary activity and involvement in the first Mandaean migration ; The Augustinian mission from 1633 onwards ; The Carmelite mission under Ignazio di Gesú (1641-1652) -- 8. The dispute over ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Basra. Initial claim and counterclaim ; Good sense prevails -- for a time ; The Augustinians take the offensive : the question of the jurisdiction of Goa.
• 9. The martyrdom of Queen Ketevan and the Augustinian mission to Georgria. Georgian Christianity and Roman Catholic missionary presence ; The Relação verdaderia : an Augustinian eyewitness account of the martyrdom of Queen Ketevan ; Twin goals : a Georgian mission and the canonisation of Ketevan ; The journey to Georgia and establishment in Gori ; Hopes of Ketevan's canonisation by Rome come to naught ; The Augustinian mission at Gori ; The final period -- 10. Some reflections. ʻAbbas and the consolidation of the Safavid state ; Religion and politics ; No salvation outside the church? ; Questions of ecclesiology ; A nascent Safavid millet system ; The Augustinian mission in Isfahan : towards a tentative verdict ; Possible topics for further research.

Call Number

JFE 16-3871

ISBN

• 9789004243828
• 9004243828
• 900424770X
• 9789004247703
• 9789004247703 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012048690

OCLC

826899273

Author

Flannery, John M., author.

Title

The mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and beyond (1602-1747) / by John M. Flannery.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; volume 43

Studies in Christian mission ; v. 43.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3871