Title:

Apologia pro christiana religione qua a r.p. Philippo Guadagnolo Malleanensi, clericorum Regul. Minorum s. theologiae & arabicae linguae professore, respondetur ad obiectiones Ahmed filii Zin Alabedin, Persae Asphahensis, contentas in libro inscripto

Short title

Apologia pro christiana religione

Title variations

Title in English

Apology for the Christian Religion

Section

Language

Latin

Creation date

1631

Genre

Content

Content table

Formal Expression

Prose

Qur'an quotations

Yes

Original

Source

Use (macro-category)

Apologetic

Use (micro-category)

Apology of Christianity

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Father Jérôme Xavier (1549-1617) had written a book, probably in Persian, titled Mirror Showing the Truth, in defense of the Christian religion. A Persian from Isfahan, Ahmad ibn Zayn al-'Abidin, undertook to refute it in favor of Islam and to attack the principal dogmas of Christianity (al-Murshid fī al-Dīn). The Apologia serves as a formal defense of Christianity against the objections raised by Ahmad ibn Zayn al-'Abidi. It is written in Latin and includes Arabic quotations, particularly from the Qur'an, accompanied by Guadagnoli's Latin translations.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi