Matteo Ricci

[all028]

A great man indeed. It's too bad that after he died the Vatican ruined it with the Rites Controversy

[TheStrawberryLolicon]

@all028 A great man? He criticize the Chinese for having different religious view than the Christians and that the Roman Catholic is superior than what the Chinese did. He was a religious bigot.

[all028]

@TheStrawberryLolicon

show me evidence that he criticized the chinese for having different religious view than the christians'. As far as I know, he respected ancestor worship and latinized confucius teachings. He immersed himself into chinese culture and dress, becoming friends with many high officials

[TheStrawberryLolicon]

@all028

Part 2

"We shall add here a few shocking practices which the Chinese look upon with indifference & which, God forbid, they even seem to consider as quite morally correct, & from these one can readily conclude to others of the same category. This people is really to be pitied rather than censured, & the deeper one finds them involved in the darkness of ignorance, the more earnest one should be in praying for their salvation."

[lianghaochen]

@TheStrawberryLolicon To be fair, he was born in a different time, he would probably be a liberal today...

[maxsign24]

for sure

[trustinvrede]

superb !