"These sort of men, before he came into this Country, having feigned many crimes against the Priests which Preached the Faith of Christ, had raised a bitter persecution against them; which God of his goodness did turn so much to their good, as they had permission to teach and preach publickly the Law of Christ."
— Martino Martini
Source: Martino Martini, De Bello Tartarico Historia (1654); English tr. Bellum Tartaricum, or the Conquest of the Great and Most Renowned Empire of China (London: John Crook, 1654), p. 205
Empire, monarch, dark age, faith, sacred, land, idol, civilization, suffering
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