Patience, Suffering, and Tolerance: The Experience of Defeat and Exile among the Jesuits of Ethiopia (1632–59)

This article explores the last letters written by the Catholic patriarch of Ethiopia in exile Afonso Mendes, which illustrate that, in the face of defeat, Mendes has chosen to write the history of martyrdom, the sacrifice, and shedding of blood for the sake of faith. A group requires a sense of conn...

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Main Author: Cohen, Leonardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-94
Further subjects:B Jesuit missionaries
B suffering and patience
B Afonso Mendes
B history of martyrdom
B Exile
B Ethiopia
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