[Querelle des Rites]. ECRITS de Mrs. des Miss. Etrang. sur l - Lot 181

[Querelle des Rites]. ECRITS de Mrs. des Miss. Etrang. sur l'affaire de la Chine. Sans lieu, 1710. 3 parts in 1 volume in-12, 1 title-frontispiece, 48 p., 410-(8) p., 107-(1) p., contemporary marbled havana half calf, ornate ribbed spine, red title-piece (spine rubbed, corners dull, front. short of margin, very moderate russeting). First collective edition. Preceded by an engraved title-frontispiece, the volume comprises three works with individual title pages and paginations: -THIBERGE (Louis)]. Lettre de messieurs des Missions etrangeres, au Pape. Sur le decret de Sa Sainteté rendu en 1704 & publié en 1709 contre les idolatries & les superstitions chinoises. -Réponse de Mrs des Missions étrangères, a la protestation et aux reflexions des Jesuites. -Mémoires pour Rome, sur l'état de la religion chrétienne dans la Chine [contains eight memoirs]. Three works directed against the Jesuits. The "querelle des rites", born of the confrontation between those in favor of adapting the teaching of religion to local customs and practices, and those in favor of the sole transmission of orthodox Christianity with a universal vocation. The controversy lasted almost a century and divided the missionary orders. The Jesuits were denounced by the other congregations, mainly the Franciscans and Dominicans. (Cordier, Sinica 911-912).