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2 lip 2010 · Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Portuguese missionary in Japan administers to the outlawed Christians until Japanese authorities capture him and force him to watch the torture of his followers, promising to stop if he will renounce Christ
11 sie 2020 · 593.4M. 1 volume ; 20 cm. Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth, in a place which you do not know and which your whole lives through you will never visit.
28 mar 2021 · 733.0M. 306 pages ; 19 cm. The story of the persecution of Jesuit priests and Christian converts in 17th century Nagasaki, Japan. Japanese original title on cover romanized: Chinmoku.
Japanese Painting by an unknown artist of the Christian Martyrs of Nagasaki. The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier born in SPAIN, but representing PORTUGAL arrived in Japan in 1543 to save souls. The Japanese were Buddhist, not “heathens” without a proper religion.
Silence (Japanese: 沈黙, Hepburn: Chinmoku) is a 1966 novel of theological and historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō. It tells the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th-century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion .
5 sty 2016 · Shusaku Endo's New York Times bestselling classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times, now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and...
Silence by Japanese novelist Shūsaku Endō is a historical novel set in 17th-century Japan following the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion, when Christians had to go underground to avoid heavy persecution by Japan’s feudal lords.
