Dei patris immensa

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Dei patris immensa was a letter written by Pope Innocent IV to the Mongols (the Pope also wrote other letters to the Mongols, which are known as Cum non solum and Viam agnoscere veritatis). It was written on March 5, 1245, was an exposition of the Christian faith, and urged Mongols to accept baptism.[1] It was intended to be carried by the Franciscan friar and papal envoy Laurentius of Portugal.[2] However, nothing more is known about Laurentius' embassy, and it is possible that he never actually left.[3]

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  1. ^ Jackson-88
  2. ^ Monumenta Germaniae Historica; Epistolae Saeculi XIII: E Regestis Pontificum Romanorum, ed. Karl Rodenberg (Berlin, 1887), Vol. 2, No. 102, p. 72. [1]
  3. ^ Gregory G. Guzman, "Simon of Saint-Quentin and the Dominican Mission to the Mongol Baiju: A Reappraisal" Speculum, Vol. 46, No. 2. (April., 1971), p. 243.

[edit] References

  • Sandra Brand-Pierach, Ungläubige im Kirchenrecht, Text of the letter p.174 [2]
  • Jackson, Peter, Mongols and the West
  • Roux, Jean-Paul, Histoire de l'Empire Mongol, 1993, Fayard, ISBN 2213031649
  • Kenneth Meyer Setton, "A History of the Crusades"
  • MGH Epp. Saec. XIII, Volume 2, pp. 72-75 (original source documents)[3]
  • Grousset, Rene, Histoire des Croisades, III, Tempus, 2006 edition, ISBN 226202569X
  • Rachewiltz, I, Papal Envoys to the Great Khans, Stanford University Press, 1971.
  • Runciman, Steven, History of the Crusades, III, Penguin Books, 2002 edition, ISBN 014013705X