Francis Xavier as an Apostle of the Far East asccording to His Letters - the Autobioraphical Elements in the Latin Corresondance of Francis Xavier Cover Image

Rola listów w kształtowaniu wizerunku „apostoła Wschodu” – elementy autobiograficzne w łacińskiej korespondencji Franciszka Ksawerego
Francis Xavier as an Apostle of the Far East asccording to His Letters - the Autobioraphical Elements in the Latin Corresondance of Francis Xavier

Author(s): Monika Miazek-Męczyńska
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: letters; autobiography; Francis Xavier; mission; Monumenta Xaveriana; Jesuits

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the letters of Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary, called “an Apostle of the Far East”, asa kind of episolographical autobiography. In a short time after publication of his letters, the missionary workof Francis Xavier, which he himself describes in detail, became a model for all later activities of the Societyof Jesus in Asia and all New World.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 93-108
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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