Roma, Pontificio Istituto Orientale, foto del convegno GRAC tenutosi nell'anno 2009

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Mariam de Ghantuz Cubbe, I Maroniti d’Aleppo nel XVII secoloattraverso i racconti dei missionari europei (dai documenti conservati negli archivi romani)

2a edizione riveduta e corretta, 257p., Bologna: Edizioni del Gruppo di Ricerca Arabo-Cristiana, 2020.

isbn 9791280091017

 

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In the 17th century, a community of Catholic Maronites was confronted by Latin rite Catholic missionaries animated by Counter Reformation fervor. Unprepared to deal with people formed by historical and cultural conditions so different from their own, the missionaries brought confusion to Aleppo. This account drawn from previously unknown documents describes the day to day anguish experienced by the community.