Robert de Nobili

…Roberto de Nobili (1577–1656), nicknamed the White Brahmin, and the Jesuit missions to the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar. Of the latter, there was the Inquisition at Goa and the forcible subjection of the Syrian church to Rome at the Synod of Diamper in 1599.

The noted Jesuit Roberto de Nobili (1577–1656) sought points of agreement between Hinduism and Christianity as a means of evangelization, but this caused difficulty with the church. The missionaries also worked among India’s existing Christian communities. In 1599 the Roman Catholic Church brought the South Indian Christians (Nestorians)…

…Canada, and the Italian Jesuits Roberto De Nobili (1577–1656) and Matteo Ricci (1552–1610). The last two, who brought to bear a deep understanding of Indian and Chinese cultures, were unparalleled in that area of study until modern times. Thus, some of De Nobili’s discussions with Brahmans (priests) were probably the…

Robert de Nobili (16th–17th century) was a Jesuit of noble birth who accommodated to the existing Indian social order. He learned Tamil and Sanskrit and lived the life of a sadhu (wandering ascetic). He also tried to disassociate himself from the Portuguese missionaries who were…