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Request for banning Manchus and Han Chinese from practising Catholicism. Image is not available.

Report on compliance with the decree to strictly control the sending of Catholics to Ili. Image is not available.

p. 3 Decret de notre S.Pere le Pape Clement XI. et de l'inquisition de Rome. : Contre l'apel des Ev. de Macao et d'Ascalon 教皇克萊孟十一世及羅馬宗教裁判所 聖座法令 針對澳門及阿斯克隆主教的上訴 1709年8月8日，星期四

This document is a copy of a letter dated 14 February 1746, originating from Rome and addressed to King João V of Portugal and the Algarves. The original correspondence, dated 16 January in the sixth year of the pontificate of an unnamed Pope, conveys formal ecclesiastical gratitude for the acquisition made by His Majesty (S. M.) benefiting the clergy. The Pope expresses appreciation for the monarch’s support of the Church, acknowledging his pious conduct and reaffirming ongoing spiritual intercessions on behalf of the Portuguese crown. Emphasising the Pope’s apostolic blessing bestowed upon King João V and his entire royal family, the letter underscores the close relationship between the Holy See and the Portuguese monarchy during the mid-18th century. Written in Latin with a postscript notation in Portuguese indicating the date and recipient, the document serves as a diplomatic and religious communication reflecting the ceremonial and devotional practices of the period. It highlights the role of the Catholic Church in affirming monarchical authority through spiritual endorsement and reveals the mechanisms of reciprocal recognition between secular rulers and papal authority in early modern Europe. This transcription provides scholars with primary source material pertinent to the study of Iberian- Vatican relations, religious patronage, and the intersection of monarchy and ecclesiastical power in the 18th century.

朕不甚惡西洋之教但與中國無甚益處不過從眾議耳你酌量如果無害外國人一切從寬好恐你不達朕意過嚴則又不是矣特諭

趙昌等傳旨眾西洋人多羅（Carlo Tommaso Maillard de Tournon, 1668-1710）奏本格式錯誤並諭令剛抵澳門西洋人須學會中國話 趙昌等傳旨與眾西洋人：「多羅所寫奏本，擡頭錯處，字眼越分，奏摺用五爪龍。著地方官查問，再新來之人，若叫他們來，他俱不會中國的話。仍著爾等做通事，他們【刪們字】心裡也不服朕意，且教他們【刪們字】在澳門學中國話語，以待龍安國信來時再作定奪。爾等意思怎麼樣【改：如何】。欽此。」眾西洋人聽見聖旨，即跪稱：「皇上如此料理，是皇上大恩，我們萬萬想不到，如此我們實情甚難與多羅做通事。」

兩廣總督楊琳奏為蒙恩賞謝恩所賜澳門彝目各物即著廣州住堂西洋人李若瑟帶領彝目等到肇慶受賞摺 康熙五十八年五月十五日(1719.7.2)

Fragmentary transcription from a Portuguese colonial-era manuscript, likely dating between the late 16th and early 18th centuries, documents an ecclesiastical and administrative journey involving religious personnel and territorial expeditions in a Lusophone colonial context—possibly West or Central Africa or the Amazon basin. The text records the movements of His Excellency the Bishop of Muidum from Malão towards his bishopric in 1745, including delays due to security concerns and lack of reliable intelligence. It details preparations for entry into China, issuance of pastoral letters to Dom Pedro Xavier das Milhães, and coordination of supplies and messengers. Later sections describe maritime navigation, anchorage near settlements such as Motaõ Seta and So. Brac, encounters with local traders, ritual practices involving figures like Sabina and Salis, and ceremonial processions marked by symbolic offerings, dance, and spiritual invocations. References to locations including Cantam, Malacão, Nancelum, and Fantam suggest a complex network of colonial outposts. The document further outlines military and diplomatic engagements, fortifications, jurisdictional disputes, and interactions with local authorities and Indigenous communities. Despite significant orthographic irregularities, damage to the original manuscript, and numerous illegible or ambiguous passages, the text provides insight into colonial administration, missionary activity, intercultural exchange, and ritual life. Preserved terms resist full etymological identification, reflecting phonetic transcription, scribal error, or code-switching common in frontier archives. This translation adheres strictly to British academic conventions and is suitable for scholarly analysis of early modern Portuguese imperial and ecclesiastical history.

This is a formal ecclesiastical decree promulgated in 1704 and reaffirmed in 1707 by Charles Thomas Mallare, Patriarch of Antioch and Apostolic Vicar with *legatus a latere* faculties, alongside Brother Beda, Bishop and Most Reverend Provincial of the Neocor Missionaries Apostolic in China and Siam, and later endorsed by Lazarus Carneiro and Francis, Apostolic Vicars of Cambodia. Issued on 7 December 1704 and formally published on 7 February 1707 at Matani Nankiri, the document establishes binding canonical regulations for all missionaries—secular and regular, including Jesuits—serving in the missions of China, Siam, and Cambodia. It addresses five critical questions concerning the compatibility of Chinese and Southeast Asian ritual practices with Catholic doctrine, specifically delineating permissible civil veneration (*veneratio civilis*) of ancestors and cultural rites under strict conditions, while explicitly prohibiting participation in or endorsement of the ‘Sacrifice to Heaven’ (*Conchaji*), state cults (*Dovenis*), veneration of the ‘Tablet of the Ruler of Heaven’ (*T’ien-chu P’ai*), and local folk rituals (*geghili*). The decree invokes papal authority—including decrees of Urban VIII and Clement XI—and imposes automatic excommunication for non-compliance, reserving absolution solely to the Holy See or, in cases of imminent death, to the Society of Jesus under narrowly defined conditions. It constitutes a foundational regulatory text for the Chinese Rites Controversy within the early modern Catholic missionary enterprise.

This diplomatic transcription presents a heavily damaged, linguistically heterogeneous archival fragment originating from the Portuguese colonial and missionary archive, dating approximately to the mid-17th to early 18th century (c. 1631–1724), with palaeographic and orthographic features consistent with late-eighteenth-century Genoese notarial Latin–Italian hybrid usage. The document comprises miscellaneous manuscript leaves, marginalia, seals, and archival references, held within a multilingual chancery context involving Portuguese, Latin, vernacular Iberian, Sinic, and Indo-Portuguese administrative terminology. It records ecclesiastical, diplomatic, and juridical proceedings concerning the Catholic missions in Macau, Canton, Beijing, and associated regions—including interactions with the Qing imperial court (notably under Emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng), the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, and the Holy See—alongside colonial governance in West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. Key figures include Carlo Ambrosio Patr. Athl. Legato Cop. (Patriarch of Antioch, Apostolic Legate to China), Dom Aluy, Kialo, the Emperor’s Mandarin officials (e.g., Duli, Chasedam, Sirint Cum), and missionaries such as James Bouver, S.J., Ignatius Kogler, S.J., and Mother Maria de São José of Macau. Central themes encompass the Chinese Rites Controversy, jurisdictional disputes between papal legates and imperial authorities, canonical procedure, missionary administration, interreligious diplomacy, and the material culture of colonial religious practice. The text is presented strictly as a diplomatic transcription—faithful to the source’s physical condition, abbreviations, corruptions, and linguistic complexity—for critical scholarly engagement in historical, theological, and postcolonial research.

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