Japan's Encounter with Christianity: The Catholic Mission in Pre-modern Japan |
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... Heaven and hell The understanding of heaven and hell was a significant item . during the discussions in Yamaguchi . For the Christians , heaven and hell constituted two opposite eternal destinies for everyone . The mis- sionaries tried ...
... Heaven and hell The understanding of heaven and hell was a significant item . during the discussions in Yamaguchi . For the Christians , heaven and hell constituted two opposite eternal destinies for everyone . The mis- sionaries tried ...
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... heaven ) , tenshu ( the Lord of heaven ) , tenson ( the reverend of heaven ) , and tentei ( the king of heaven ) as the translations of Deus . The 1603/4 version of the Japanese - Portuguese dictionary , too , confirmed that ten ( heaven ) ...
... heaven ) , tenshu ( the Lord of heaven ) , tenson ( the reverend of heaven ) , and tentei ( the king of heaven ) as the translations of Deus . The 1603/4 version of the Japanese - Portuguese dictionary , too , confirmed that ten ( heaven ) ...
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... heaven , " Buddha , and the Shinto deities . During the trouble - filled period of this civil strife , " heaven " was often conceived in a highly theistic ( or even , in a broad sense , mono- theistic ) way . In some of the Christian ...
... heaven , " Buddha , and the Shinto deities . During the trouble - filled period of this civil strife , " heaven " was often conceived in a highly theistic ( or even , in a broad sense , mono- theistic ) way . In some of the Christian ...
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Francis Xavier and His Work in Japan | 13 |
Encounter with YajiroPreparation for the Japan missionXavier | 37 |
Growth of the Christian Missions | 69 |
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