La cuestión de los ritos chinos y malabares: desobediencia e idolatría en la compañía de Jesús

Abstract

Among the different accusations made against the Jesuits relating to their missionary work in the Far East, the discobedience of the pontifical decrees that condemmed the chinese and malabar rites was the most important. The Company's enemies insisted specially on this charge, because it represented a ruptured of their oath of absolute submision to the papal dispositions, specifically the fourth vow. The Jesuits defended theirselves from this accusations vehemently, presenting arguments of the considerable credibility though the were unable to deny their evident rebelliousness. The matter was reduced to the fact that both parties upheld anthropological opposing concepts.