Overcoming the Patronage System: Propaganda Fide and Its Portuguese Patronage Documents on China in the Early Modern Period
From animationbengal.com its foundation in 1622, the Congregation de Propaganda Fide held supreme jurisdiction over all missionary activities of the Catholic Church at the global level, with authority coming directly from the pope.Its main goals were the expansion of the Catholic faith, the reaffirmation of papal spiritual primacy, and the promotio