Pamphlets and Booklets
Pamphlets and booklets published under the editorial auspices of the Collegium Perulae Orientis.
Giacomo Dalla Pietà, Christ in China (Christus apud Seras), translated by Marco Biondi (2026)
In this little volume, Cebu-based Latinist Marco Biondi provides an original translation of Giacomo Dalla Pietà’s poem Christus apud Seras, first published in Latin by the Pontifical Academy of Latin in their flagship journal Latinitas (series nova), vol. 6 (2018). The poem revolves around an interaction between two French Jesuit missionaries and the Kangxi Emperor (1654—1722). This volume also comes with a preface, authored by the translator, which contextualizes the poem in the missionary efforts made by Jesuit missionaries throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries up to the infamous “Chinese rites” controversy which spelled the end of friendly relations between the Qing dynasty and the missionary orders.
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Cardinal Ángel Herrera Oria, On Aristocracy: Excerpts from Verbum vitae III, n. 1256–1281, translated by Daniel Tyler Chua (2026)
In the second installment of our pamphlet and booklet series, Daniel Tyler Chua provides an original translation of Servant of God Cardinal Ángel Herrera Oria’s (1886–1968) short treatise on aristocracy as contained in his multi-volume work Verbum vitae: La palabra de Cristo (Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1957). Cardinal Herrera was a prominent figure in Spanish Catholic action, and his treatise on aristocracy provides a synthesis of theological and philosophical perspectives on the matter, particularly in accordance with the thought of Jaime Balmes (1810–1848) and Ven. Pius XII (1876–1958). Attached to the translation is a preface detailing the life of Cardinal Herrera as well as an epilogue discussing the implications of his work in Filipino Catholic social action and the mission of the Collegium Perulae Orientis, both authored by the translator.
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