Author: Smorzhevskii, Feodosii (Theodosius) [Сморжевский Феодосий], ca.1712-1758

Notes on the Jesuits in China = Об Езуитах в Китае [Ob Yezuitakh v Kitaye. English & Russian]
Date2016
Publish_locationChestnut Hill, MA
PublisherInstitute of Jesuit Sources
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish, Russian-English
Record_typeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
SeriesSources for the history of Jesuit missions ; no. 2
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberBV3417.S67 A5 2016 + dig.pdf.
Description116 p. ; 24 cm.
Note

Notes on the Jesuits in China = Об Езуитах в Китае / Hieromonk Feodosii Smorzhevskii = Иеромонах Феодосий Сморжевский ; translated and edited by Gregory Afinogenov.
Translated text facing pages in Cyrillic and English.
Includes bibliography (p.105-107) and index.

"The legendary Jesuit mission in China has been the subject of controversy for centuries. In the 1740s, the Russian hieromonk Feodosii Smorzhevskii encountered it firsthand. Published in English for the first time, this unique text marks the encounter between Russian Orthodox and Catholic missionaries in Beijing as each tried to navigate the labyrinthine world of the Qing imperial court. By turns critical and sympathetic, skeptical and conspiratorial, Smorzhevskii’s account is one of the only reports by an outside observer on the daily life and political tensions surrounding the eighteenth-century China Jesuit missionary enterprise."--p.[4] of cover.


Local access dig.pdf. [Afinogenov-Notes on Jesuits in China.pdf] (camera scan, searchable in Russian/English)

SubjectJesuits--Missions--China--History--17th-18th centuries--Sources Jesuits--China--Beiing 北京--Anecdotes Jesuits--Missions--China--History--17th-18th centuries Russian Orthodox Church--China--18th century Russian Orthodox Church--Relations--China--18th century--Sources Russian Orthodox Church--Relations--Catholic Church--China--18th century--Sources Jesuits--China--18th century--Russian sources Jesuits--Missions--China--History--17th-18th centuries--Russian sources Smorzhevskii, Feodosii (Theodosius) [Сморжевский Феодосий], ca.1712-1758--Report on Beijing Jesuits
Seriesfoo 118
ISBN0997282320 ; 9780997282320