Author: Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721

[Apostolic Constitution Ex illa die of March 19, 1715. Chinese]
Date1925
Publish_location[Beijing 北京]
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageChinese 中文[繁體]
Record_typeArchival materials
ShelfRare Books, Room 103C
Call NumberBV3415.2.C625127 1925
DescriptionBichrome printed folded sheet ; 173 x 28 cm.
Note

[Apostolic Constitution Ex illa die of March 19, 1715. Chinese] / Clement XI, Kangxi emperor, Ying Lianzhi 英斂之

Facsimile to-scale reproduction of the Chinese translation of Clement XI's Papal bull repeating prohibitions that Catholics in China not take part in worship of ancestors or heaven. Clement XI furthermore puts strict demands on missionaries to China. The translation, presented in the form of a palace memorial (zouzhe 奏摺), carries an imperial rescript by Kangxi saying that now that the this decree has been issued, the Christian religion can be prohibited in the Qing empire.

The decree is preceded by a colophon by Ying Lianzhi 英斂之 (1867-1926) dated November 1925, describing that the document was found in the former Qing archives. Around this time, the imperial palace in Beijing was turned into a museum and its contents inventoried, which would explain that this document came to light then.

The Latin text of a 1714 Papal decree that is quoted in Ex illa die is found in Claudia von Collani Archival Documents on the Chinese Rites 3, BNC FG 1256/22 [0030271-75.TIF] and in Decret de nostre S.P. le Pape Clément XI. sur la grande affaire de la Chine (1709), BV3415.2.C625 1709, along with a French translation. 

Kangxi's rescript is translated in Antonio Sisto Rosso, Apostolic Legations to China of the Eighteenth Century (South Pasadena: P.D. and Ione Perkins, 1948), BV3417.R6 1948, pp. 375-76 (Document 24).

 

SubjectChinese Rites controversy--Sources Ancestor worship--China--History--Western views and opinions Christianity and other religions--Confucianism--17th-18th centuries--Sources Ancestor worship--China--Religious aspects Catholic Church--China--History--Tournon legation, 1705-1710--Sources
Decret de nostre S.P. le Pape Clément XI. sur la grande affaire de la Chine
Date1709
Publish_locationParis
Publisher---
CollectionRouleau Archives
LanguageLatin-French
Record_typeBook
ShelfRare Books, Room 103C
Call NumberBV3415.2.C625 1709
Description161 p. ; 17 cm.
NoteDecret de nostre S.P. le Pape Clément XI. sur la grande affaire de la Chine.
Bilingual Latin and French on opposite pages. "Avertissement" and summary in French only.
Library device: Bibl. Major. Xujiahui [XiKaWei] L 31 ; "Missio Nankinensis S. J. Bibliotheca Episcopi. No. 600"
"Acta causae rituum seu Ceremoniarum Sinensium Quaesita in causa rituum Sinensium Responsa quaead quaesita superius relata Decretum eminentissimi Cardinalis Turnonii, Patriarchae Antiocheni"

Keywords: Tianzhu ; Da Ming guidian ; Beijing, Nanjing ; Jiali ; Ancestral tablets. Chongmiao ; Zhutang ; ancestral temples ; Maillard de Tournon, Carlo Tommaso, 1668-1710 ; Maigrot, Charles, 1652-1730 ; Catholic Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii. Catholic Church. Pope (1700-1721 : Clement XI).

SubjectChinese Rites controversy--Sources Ancestor worship--China--History--Western views and opinions Christianity and other religions--Confucianism--17th-18th centuries--Sources Ancestor worship--China--Religious aspects Rites and ceremonies--China--Sources Catholic Church--China--History--Tournon legation, 1705-1710--Sources
Traité sur quelques points importans de la mission de la Chine
Date1701
Publish_locationParis
PublisherJacques Josse
CollectionRouleau Archives
LanguageFrench
Record_typeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
ShelfDigital Archives, Rare Books, Room 103C
Call NumberBV3415.2.L765 1701
Description152 p. ; 17 cm.
Note

Traité sur quelques points importans de la mission de la Chine / par le R.P. Antoine de Sainte Marie, Prefet Apostolique des Missionnaires de l'Orde de S. François dans ce Royaume.

Flyleaf title: Anciens traitez de divers auteurs sur les ceremonies de la Chine.
Library device : Bibl. Major. [ZiKaWei 徐家匯] L 32
Keywords : Confucius and Confucianism ; Shandong, Beijing ; Tiandao ; Gouvea, Shangdi (Xiangti), names for God. Adressé au R.P. Louis de Gama, Jesuite, Visiteur des Provinces de la Chine & du Japon. Et envoyé à N.S. Pere le Pope & aux Em. Cardinaux qui regardent la propagation de la Foy.
Traduit de la Espagñol.

Bound with : Traité sur quelques points de la religion des Chinois. . Paris : L. Guerin, M.DCCI

Local access dig.pdf. [Longobardo-Traite.pdf]

SubjectJesuits--Missions--China--History--17th-18th centuries--Sources Chinese Rites controversy--Sources China--Religion--17th-18th centuries