The Missionary Method of Matteo Ricci

Gianni Criveller

Matteo Ricci's strategy in China was aimed at an ascent to Beijing, which the Macerata-born missionary reached in 1601, completing the seventh and last leg of his journey to the capital of the Ming Empire. Ricci was a missionary who never gave up elaborating strategies to achieve his objectives. In this very important mission, he was ingenious and as capable of marking an epoch in evangelization as Paul of Tarsus. Paul had used many strategies: he learned from mistakes and failures, and he altered his approaches without ever losing sight of his goals of preaching the Gospel and founding Christian communities. Ricci and Valignano Ricci and Longobardo Dressed like Buddhist monks Ricci and Ruggieri Accommodation The light of reason The Christian Doctrine and the Cathechism Indirect and direct preaching The Terms Controversy The Great Father-Mother Promotion of Chinese clergy Autonomy from Macao ‘Scientific apostolate’ The Door of Friendship “Books speak better than the mouth”

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