Contents: Oceania : Blessed John Mazzucconi. -- China : Blessed Alberic Crescitelli. -- China 1941 : Fr. Cesare Mencattini, Bishop Antonio Barosi, Fr. Mario Zanardi, Fr. Bruno Zanella, Fr. Girolamo Lazzaroni, The Martyrdom at Dingcunji, Fr. Carlo Osnaghi. -- Hong Kong : Fr. Emilio Teruzzi, Fr. Valeriano Fraccaro. -- Burma : Fr. Mario Vergara, Fr. Pietro Galastri, Fr. Alfredo Cremonesi, Fr. Pietro Manghisi, Fr. Eliodoro Farronate. -- Bangladesh : Fr. Angelo Maggioni. -- The Philippines : Fr. Tullio Favali, Fr. Salvatore Carzedda.

Defense des nouveaux chrestiens et des missionaires de la Chine, du Japon & des Indes : contre deux livres intitulez La morale pratique des Jesuites, & l'Esprit de M. Arnauld : avec une réponse à quelques plaintes contre cette défense.
Backer-Sommervogel, VII, Column 1913, no. 7.
Author is Michel Le Tellier--Cf. Koch, L. Jesuiten-Lexikon (under Le Tellier).
Spine stamp: B.M. Z.K.W. L 32

Library copy complete, but damaged. Front cover missing and upper spine cover torn, otherwise sound.

The great Khan of the Mongols -- The Columbus of Asia -- The journey of Father John -- Roger Bacon's informant -- Kublai Khan's request for missionaries -- The first missionary in Cathay -- Apostle of the Far East -- Patriarch of the entire Orient -- World missionary and traveler -- Friar Odoric's voyage to Cathay -- Friar Odoric's sojourn in Cathay -- Friar Odoric's return to Europe -- The martyrs of Thana -- The protomartyrs of China -- The papal legate for Cathay -- Decline of the early missions in China -- The golden horde -- The Ilkhanate of Persia -- Martyrs of the Mongol empire -- The pearl of the missions -- India and Ceylon -- Farther India -- Indonesia and Australasia -- The Philippine Islands -- The Japanese islands -- China in the modern era -- China's first native bishop -- Blessed martyrs of China -- A mission of martyrs -- American pioneers in the Orient.

Studies in Asian mission history, 1956-1998 / by Arnulf Camps.
Includes bibliographical references.

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PART ONE. GENERAL BACKGROUND STUDIES
1. The Study of the History of Local Churches. Its Importance for the Development and the Future of the Church. 2. The Catholic Missionary Movement from 1492 to 1789. The Catholic Missionary Movement from 1789 to 1962.

PART TWO. MOGUL MISSION STUDIES
3. Persian Works of Jerome Xavier, a Jesuit at the Mogul Court. 4. An Unpublished Letter of Father Christoval de Vega S.J. : Its Importance for the History of the Second Mission to the Mughal Court and for the Knowledge of the Religion of the Emperor Akbar. 5. Franciscan Missions to the Mogul Court. 6. Die Wiederentdeckung der ersten abendländischen Sanskrit-Grammatik des P. Heinrich Roth S.J. 7. Die Schriften der Jesuiten-Missionare Johann Grueber, Heinrich Roth und Antonio Ceschi. 8. The Sanskrit Grammar and Manuscripts of Father Heinrich Roth S.J. (1620-1668): Introduction. Father Heinrich Roth, S.J. (1620-1668) and the History of his Sanskrit Manuscripts.

PART THREE. STUDIES IN CHINESE AND JAPANESE MISSION HISTORY.
9. The People's Republic of China: from Foreignness to Contextualization. 10. Das Christentum aus chinesischem und japanischem Blickwinkel während der 'Jesuitischen Epoche' der Missionsgeschichte Asiens (1549-1773). 11. Policy and Practice in Roman Catholic Missions in Nineteenth Century Asia: China - India – Vietnam. 12. The Reception of Christianity in China. A neglected Field of Study in Interreligious Dialogue. 13. Celso Costantini. Apostolic Delegate in China (1922-1933) The Changing Role of the Foreign Missionary. 14. The First Franciscans in the East. 15. Castoranos 'Brevis Apparatus et modus agendi ac disputandi cum Mahumetanis' in China Eine unbekannte Handschrift aus dem Jahr 1725. 16. Carolo Orazi da Castorano O.F.M. (1673-1775) on the Prophet Muhammad and on the Master Philosopher Confucius.

PART FOUR. MISSION AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
17. Mill Hill Missionaries in Afghanistan from 1879 until 1881 and their stay in Quetta-Baluchistan until 1883.

PART FIVE. THE PIONEER OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN SRI LANKA.
18. Father Felice Zoppi da Cannobio, O.F.M. in Sri Lanka: 1853-1857. Pioneer of Catholic Education in Kandy. 19. Thirteen Unknown Documents written by Father Zoppi da Cannobio O.F.M. in Sri Lanka from 1853 till 1856.

PART SIX. VARIOUS STUDIES ON INDIA, TURKEY, COCHINCHINE AND TIBET.
20. Indien im Blickwinkel europäischer Missionare. 21. A Letter written by Fr. Petrus Franciscus a Saorgio, O.F.M., from an Indian Prison (1729). 22. Flämische Franziskaner in Konstantinopel, Smyrna und auf der Insel Chios am Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts. 23. Une lettre inédite du P. Valerius Rist, O.F.M., Missionnaire en Cochinchine. 24. Luciano Petech und die katholische Tibet-Mission im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.