o:539683 A Failing Mission? Salvation in the Jesuit Mission in Japan Under Francisco Cabral en it The Jesuit textual production from the sixteenth century leaves no doubt that the Japanese evangelising enterprise was publicised as the epitome of success. Francisco Cabral, third superior of the mission, who had initially shared this judgement, in time began fearing that the mission was, instead, doomed to failure. As he perceived the loosening of the internal ties of the Society of Jesus, and the salvation of the catechumens as more and more independent of that of the Jesuits, Cabral concluded that God had abandoned the mission. This study, using little-known manuscript sources, examines Cabral’s attitudes towards his confreres and the Japanese people, to illuminate how particular salvation mechanics could define early modern Catholic missions. Series: Ca' Foscari Japanese Studies 23 Sub-series: Religion and Thought 6 Catholic soteriology • History of Catholicism in Japan • Japanese Jesuit mission • Early modern Jesuit missions • Early modern Catholicism 1552099 10.30687/978-88-6969-793-7 1552100 978-88-6969-764-7 1552100 978-88-6969-793-7 2024-04-24T12:01:37.909Z 44 yes 1552095 Linda Zampol D’Ortia application/pdf 1694381 http://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/o:539683 no yes 16 70 UNIVEEDITORIA Edizioni_cafoscari 167 p Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies / Religion and Thought 23 / 6 Venezia Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press 2024-01-31