The Library
1277 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1601–1700
2 works
1603
Chinese
Tianzhu Shiyi
Matteo Ricci · 1552–1610
A dialogue between a Western scholar and a Chinese one, arguing for God from classical Confucian texts and against Buddhist and Neo-Confucian positions.
1613
Latin
Roberto de Nobili · 1577–1656
A defence of allowing Indian converts to keep the sacred thread, the tuft of hair, and caste observance, arguing these are social rather than religious signs.
1701–1800
1 work
1645–1704; definitive 1704 and 1715
Latin
The Holy Office and Pope Clement XI
Rulings forbidding Chinese Christians to take part in rites honouring Confucius and ancestors, and banning the terms the Jesuits had used to translate God.
3 of 1277 works