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LIVRO (O) do «Pai dos Cristãos». Lisboa. 1969. - LIVRO (O) do «Pai dos Cristãos» . Edição crítica anotada por José Wicki. Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Históricos Ultramarinos, 1969. XX, 446 pp.; 235 mm. Annotated critical edition by José Wicki, SI, of the register and regulations of the institution of the ”Father of Christians.” The ”Father of Christians” was a position created in the 1530s, exclusive to Portuguese missions in the East, generally held by a Jesuit, whose function consisted of accompanying converts to Christianity: registering them, with their gentile and Christian names, caste, and origin; ensuring the baptism of catechumens; overseeing orphans of gentile parents taken in at the College of São Paulo; and, later, also intervening in the supervision of manumissions and the treatment of converted enslaved people. Remaining unpublished in its complete form until now, the book brings together documentation of great value for the study of missionary methods in the Portuguese East between the 16th and 18th centuries. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate