The Mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and Beyond (1602-1747).

The Mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and Beyond (1602-1747).

In The Mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and Beyond (1602-1747), John M. Flannery examines aspects of the establishment and activities of the Portuguese Augustinian mission in Persia and subsequent missions to Georgia and Basra.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flannery, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2013.
Series:Studies in Christian mission.
Subjects:
Augustinians > Missions > Iran > History.
Augustinians > Missions > History.
Augustinians > Portugal > History.
Augustinians
Missions to Muslims.
RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions.
Missions
Missions to Muslims
Iran
Portugal
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two 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 'Abbas 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.
  • Chapter Three Origins of the Augustinian Order, its Portuguese Province, and the Congregation of the East IndiesOrigins 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 of Isfahan; Liberty to Captives: Ransom of Christian Prisoners at the Heart of a Shi'a Muslim State.
  • Chapter Four Aspects of Augustinian Presence in IsfahanThe First Augustinian Convent and Church in Isfahan; A New Augustinian Convent and Church in Isfahan; The Augustinian Foundation of 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; Chapter Five 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 ChristianityA Chain of Christian-Muslim Polemic: From Jerome Xavier to António de Jesus
  • and Beyond?; The End of Augustinian Presence in Persia; Chapter Six 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; 'Abbas' Deportation of the Armenians in 1604; A Letter of Obedience to Pope Paul V, Signed by the Armenians of New Julfa.
  • Hopes of Union FounderThe Missionaries Flee Isfahan; Chapter Seven Catholic Missions to the 'St John Christians'; The Mandaeans; The First Augustinian Mission to the Mandaeans; Initial Establishment of the Dual Mission in 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); Chapter Eight The Dispute Over Eclesiastical Jurisdiction in Basra; Initial Claim and Counterclaim.
  • Good Sense Prevails
  • for a Time.

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