A Candid History of the Jesuits
A Candid History of the Jesuits
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Father Verbiest took the place of Father Schall, and as his military services enabled the emperor to quell an insurrection, he obtained permission to summon fresh ''mathematicians" from the west France was now the great expanding Power in Europe, and^the new field, with its prospect of a monopoly of commerce, was secured for Louis xiv.
Six learned French Jesuits arrived in 1688, and from that time until the end of the century they gKJLjl.
in power and wealth. As artists, astrologers/ or mechani...cians the priests made themselves indispensable Digitized by Googk THE FOREIGN MISSIONS 283 at court, and the lay-brothers brought western skill in medicine and surgery. One of them received 200,000 francs' worth of gold for curing the emperon They also imported clocks, wine, and other western products, and, from merely approving, they passed on to an active share in the great Chinese industry of lending money at a profit, which was then sternly condemned by their Church. The rival Catholic missionaries reported that the three Jesuit houses at Peking made 80,000 francs a year by usury ; though the Jesuits protested that they did not charge more than twenty- four per cent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Father Verbiest took the place of Father Schall, and as his military services enabled the emperor to quell an insurrection, he obtained permission to summon fresh ''mathematicians" from the west France was now the great expanding Power in Europe, and^the new field, with its prospect of a monopoly of commerce, was secured for Louis xiv.
Six learned French Jesuits arrived in 1688, and from that time until the end of the century they gKJLjl.
in power and wealth. As artists, astrologers/ or mechani...cians the priests made themselves indispensable Digitized by Googk THE FOREIGN MISSIONS 283 at court, and the lay-brothers brought western skill in medicine and surgery. One of them received 200,000 francs' worth of gold for curing the emperon They also imported clocks, wine, and other western products, and, from merely approving, they passed on to an active share in the great Chinese industry of lending money at a profit, which was then sternly condemned by their Church. The rival Catholic missionaries reported that the three Jesuit houses at Peking made 80,000 francs a year by usury ; though the Jesuits protested that they did not charge more than twenty- four per cent.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mccabe, Joseph, 1867-1955 to read onlineMoreLess
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