本書現藏於奧地利國家圖書館,為西班牙道明會神父Thomas Mayor所寫,他為了向馬尼拉唐人宣揚天主教教義,在當地唐人的協助下,使用閩南語翻譯教義,並於1607年由唐人刻版印刷傳世。全書分成三卷,第一卷主要是講述當時西方的科學知識,第二卷是《聖經》故事,第三卷主要講述天主教的知識,並批評當時唐人的宗教信仰。全書具體呈現出大航海時代唐人與西班牙人在宗教、科學知識交流的過程與成果,為人類「世界記憶」(Memory of the World)的重要資產。
《無極天主正教真傳實錄》Rectificación y Mejora de Principios Naturales本書是西班牙道明會嗃呣𠿢(Juan Cobo)神父,為了向華人宣揚天主教義及西方科學知識,在馬尼拉當地閩南人的幫助下完成翻譯工作,而後在華人刻工的協助下,於1593年完成刻版印刷傳世。書分為九個章節,前三章主要為介紹天主教教義,後六章則是有關天文、地理及動植物的科學知識,並附上生動的圖說,為現存世界上最早以閩南語將十六世紀西歐知識譯成漢字的書籍,具體呈現大航海時代閩南人與西班牙人在宗教、科學知識交流的過程與成果,為人類「世界記憶」(Memory of the World)的重要資產。This book was written by Spanish Dominican missionary Juan Cobo, who wished to spread Catholicism and western scientific knowledge to Chinese people. Its translation was completed in Manila with help from local Hokkien people, and it was printed in 1593 with aid from Chinese typographers. The book had nine chapters; the first three chapters mainly introduced Catholic doctrines, while the remaining six chapters contained scientific knowledge from fields such as astronomy, geography, zoology, and botany, which were complemented with vivid graphic illustrations. This book was considered the earliest work that translated 16th century Western European knowledge into Hokkien with Chinese charac
本書是研究在戰後中國成立的上海天主教教務協進委員會的首部專著。時值教廷在中國建立教會聖統制,並與國民黨政府展開正式外交關係,教務協進會在教廷駐華公使指導下,集合不同傳教修會的中外籍神職菁英,除了協調近140個教區的傳教活動,特別著重於文化傳教事業,運用現代媒體向城市知識分子傳播基督信仰的價值觀,抗衡唯物論者的反宗教宣傳。它又向全國推廣聖母軍,培育平信徒協助文化傳教,為使一旦神職人員無法履行牧職,天主教團體依然保持活力。最終,教務協進會在中共建國初年被取締,各項計劃未能實現,主要成員遭逮捕、驅逐或在拘禁期間殞命。儘管上海教務協進會鮮明的歷史角色結束,它卻在台北和新加坡開枝散葉,協調全球華人傳教工作,本書的敘述延伸至這兩個鮮少有人研究的機構。 This book may be called a groundbreaking work of research into the historical event of the Shanghai Catholic Central Bureau (CCB), which was an ecclesiastical executive organ set up by the Apostolic Internuncio after the establishment of Sino-Vatican diplomatic relations and the Catholic Hierarchy in post-war China. Besides coordinating missionary activities of nearly 140 dioceses administered by various religious congregations, it promoted a cultural apostolate with the use of modern communication media to guide people in the understanding of the Catholic faith and advise missionary work in the face of anti-religious propaganda by materialists. It also trained t