Refuting Heresy - World Digital Library
-appointed role of campaigner against the missionaries. In 1644, German Jesuit Johann Adam Schall von Bell (circa 1592–1666) was asked to prepare for the new Qing dynasty...

Treatise on Hawks - World Digital Library
ying lun (Treatise on hawks) is by Li Leisi (Ludovico Buglio, 1606–82), an Italian Jesuit missionary to China, mathematician, and theologian, who first preached...

Kiev Brotherhood Teaching Monastery: A Historical Essay - World Digital Library
and apply them to education in Ukraine. The Orthodox Church at that time felt threatened by incursions by the Jesuit order, and Mohyla chose to take his most dangerous...

Kiev with Its Oldest School, the Academy - World Digital Library
. The Orthodox Church at that time felt threatened by incursions by the Jesuit order, and Mohyla chose to take his most dangerous adversary as his model, adopting...

A History of Kiev Academy - World Digital Library
at that time felt threatened by incursions by the Jesuit order, and Mohyla chose to take his most dangerous adversary as his model, adopting the organizational structure...

The Seven Things to Overcome (Incomplete) - World Digital Library
was Pang Diwo (the Chinese name of Diego de Pantoja, 1571–1618), one of the closest collaborators of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci. After Ricci’s death in 1610...

Illustrated Account of the World (Small Edition) - World Digital Library
.pdf Illustrated Account of the World (Small Edition) Description This work is by Nan Huairen, the Chinese name of Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–88), the Belgian Jesuit who joined...

Explanation of the Telescope - World Digital Library
of the Telescope Description The author of the work was Tang Ruowang (Chinese name of Johann Adam Schall von Bell, 1592–1666), the German Jesuit missionary, who, together...

Aid to the Eyes and Ears of Western Scholars - World Digital Library
.3 MB 15114_2.pdf Aid to the Eyes and Ears of Western Scholars Description This work was compiled by Jesuit missionary Nicolas Trigault (1577–1628), edited by Han Yun...

Illustrated Account of the World, in Two Juan - World Digital Library
of Ferdinand Verbiest, 1623–88, courtesy name Dunbo, style name Xunqing. Verbiest was a Belgian Jesuit missionary who arrived in China in 1659 and took up his first post...