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Summary: The True Meaning of Matteo Ricci
Review: Simplicity at its finest: Chinese on one page, English on the other. Allows you to see exactly what Ricci was up to without a commentary pushing one's political agenda. That is, reading the text of "True Meaning" for oneself, one can conclude the truth about Matteo Ricci. He did not misunderstand the chinese, nor force them into conversion (one man against millions?) as the 'liberals' claim. Rather his understanding, respect and love for them was profound. He did not "water-down" or "sell-out" the Catholic faith by conceding or accomodating too much as so-called 'conservatives' claim. He did what any TRADITIONALIST would do: he became all things to all men. And like St. Paul in the Agora, he presented the Real Christ in such a way that Christ was a)understandable to the people listening and b)true to the person of Christ...'Take Him or leave Him, folks...Here He is.'I specifically use the word traditional because it is, in fact, the tradition of The Church to explore the depths of 'the other.' Christ is the fulfillment of all of humankind, and how can the Church introduce Christ to a new land without understanding what is is Christ will fulfill? It cannot. What we read in our history texts was anti-Catholic propaganda. The Church did not roll out of Europe in a blaze of fire destroying all others it touched. This book is a good example of what the churchmen have REALLY done. No burnings at the stake, no witch hunts, no genocide. No. What history books won't tell you is that Matteo Ricci and others like him loved others so much they gave their lives in service: intellectual, material, scientific, and not least--spiritual. This book is the proof.
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