Missions
Missionologia · 11 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsHistory of Missions (Storia delle missioni)
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Evangelization (EVANGELIZZAZIONE)
EVANGELIZATION. - From 1721 the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, later followed by the Herrnhut Society, spread Protestantism in Greenland,… -
Evangelization of the Philippines (EVANGELIZZAZIONE DELLE F)
EVANGELIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. - During the first discovery of the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 some natives of the island… -
Formosa
FORMOSA. - Island of the Far East, annexed to China in 1683, ceded to Japan in 1895 and returned to China in 1945. One and a half times the… -
Madagascar
MADAGASCAR. - It is the only large island of the African continent (with its 585,000 sq km of surface area it is the fourth on Earth), from… -
Oceania
OCEANIA. - I. GEOGRAPHY. - In the broad sense this name denotes the Australian continent and the insular world that accompanies it,… -
Patagonia
PATAGONIA. - From the Spanish patagones = big feet, a characteristic of the indigenous Tehuelche Indians. A region at the extreme tip of… -
Philippines (FILIPPINE)
PHILIPPINES. - Archipelago of 7,083 islands, which closes the South China Sea to the south. It has an area of 396,285 sq km (slightly less… -
Reductions (RIDUZIONI)
REDUCTIONS. - From the very beginning of Spanish colonization in America the system of the reductions came into force, following the… -
Rio de Oro
RIO DE ORO. - Also called Spanish Sahara, in southern Morocco, with an area of 2,500 sq km and 35,000 inhabitants. The Spanish garrison and… -
United States (U.S.A.) (STATI UNITI (U. S. A.))
UNITED STATES (UNITED STATES A.). - A confederation of 48 states, one federal district (D. C.) and two territories (Alaska and the Hawaiian… -
Urga, Mission of (URGA, MISSIONE DI)
URGA, Mission of. - It comprises the whole of Outer Mongolia, a region never evangelized, because of the extremely difficult conditions of…