Sotto il segno della croce: Viaggi ed evangelizzazione dei cappuccini italiani in Congo e Angola (1640-1698) = Under the Sign of the Cross : Voyages and Evangelization of the Italian Capuchins in Kongo and Angola (1640-1698)
The mission to Kongo and Angola that Propaganda Fide entrusted to Italian Capuchins began in the 1640s. The reports drawn up by the missionaries in the following fifty years are useful to define the true meaning of mission. Even before setting out on a long and dangerous sea voyage, the missionaries...
| Subtitles: | Under the Sign of the Cross |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Vita e Pensiero
2021
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| In: |
Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia
Year: 2021, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-155 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBJ Italy KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | The mission to Kongo and Angola that Propaganda Fide entrusted to Italian Capuchins began in the 1640s. The reports drawn up by the missionaries in the following fifty years are useful to define the true meaning of mission. Even before setting out on a long and dangerous sea voyage, the missionaries had to deal with a constantly changing political situation in Europe that strongly affected the preparations for the ongoing mission. In the area of evangelization the Capuchins had to struggle with an unhealthy climate, illnesses, and the wide and desert surroundings. Besides, spreading Catholic teachings was extremely complex, as they were generally perceived in an unorthodox way because of the persistence of traditional rituals and behaviors among natives. |
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| ISSN: | 1827-790X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26350/001783_000101 |