Missions of the Society of Jesus in India: A Reading of the Period of Francisco Xavier (1542-1552)

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Felipe Augusto Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Costa, Célio Juvenal, Menezes, Sezinando Luiz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Esboços (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/2175-7976.2019v26n42p333

This article deals with the trajectory and work of the Jesuit priest Francisco Xavier, the first Jesuit to arrive in India under the missions of the Portuguese Padroado. The purpose of this text is to present the strategies and actions led by Xavier in the East, showing that such actions, shared through letters with the other members of the Society of Jesus, influenced the formation of the general work methods of the nascent order. The sources used are Obras Completas de São Francisco Xavier, organized by the Jesuit Francisco de Sales Baptista. The time frame covers the period from 1542, with the arrival of Xavier in Goa, until 1552, the year of his death. We conclude that, what Xavier established in the referred period was, consequently, adopted by his followers and also read and practiced by many members of the Society of Jesus in other missions.