Eurasian Studies Balkans, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Notebooks

Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Armenian Journey
Chapter | Cleansing the Christian Vineyard

Cleansing the Christian Vineyard

Dominican Missions to the Armenian Catholic Diocese of Naxiǰewan in the 1610s-1630s

Abstract

The article deals with the history of western missions to the Armenian archdiocese of Naxiǰewan in the first decades of the seventeenth century. In the 1610s-1630s, the archdiocese of Naxiǰewan was the destination of a series of Dominican missions. The article focuses on the relations between the missionaries and the local Armenian Catholic hierarchy and on how Propaganda Fide dealt with the contentious doctrinal and authority issues at stake.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 4, 2021 | Accepted: Feb. 18, 2021 | Published July 12, 2021 | Language: en

Keywords Paolo Maria CittadiniPropaganda FideŌgostinos Baǰenc‘NaxiǰewanDominican OrderArmeniaEarly modern missionsPaolo Piromalli


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