MRI Public Forum | From “Overcoming Self” To “Overcoming Nature” – The Teaching on Human Nature in Diego de Pantoja and Giulio Aleni
MRI Public Forum | From “Overcoming Self” To “Overcoming Nature” - The Teaching on Human Nature in Diego de Pantoja and Giulio Aleni
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The Macau Ricci Institute is hosting the Public Forum “From “Overcoming Self” To “Overcoming Nature” – The Teaching on Human Nature in Diego de Pantoja and Giulio Aleni” on February 5 at the Seminary Campus.
ABOUT THE TALK:
From Matteo Ricci, the Jesuit missionaries in China insisted on overcoming self in moral cultivation. One example of this endeavour is Diego de Pantoja’s Qike (Seven Victories), which illustrates how one can overcome sins with virtues. When explaining Christian doctrines on the origin of the human race and original sin, de Pantoja took further steps by proposing that one must overcome human nature in order to reach perfection. Giulio Aleni gave the teaching a formula in contrast to the Confucian axiom “to follow our nature is called the Way”: to overcome nature is called the Way. This lecture will study de Pantoja and Aleni’s teaching on overcoming human nature and explore the scholastic and Confucian sources in the formulation of the teaching.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Prof. Thomas Cai (Ph.D, KU Leuven)
Prof. Thomas Cai (Ph.D, KU Leuven) teaches dogmatic theology at USJ. His doctoral dissertation focuses on natura pura in Robert Bellarmine’s commentary on the Summa. Dr. Cai’s research focuses on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic school in the 16th and 17th centuries.
DETAILS:
Date: Monday, 5 February 2024
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm [GMT+8]
Location: Multi-function Room, USJ’s Saint Joseph Seminary Campus (4, Largo de Santo Agostinho)
Language: English
*This is a free event and open to the general public.
Deadline of registration: 2 February 2024
*For online participants, we will send you a confirmation email and ZOOM ACCESS LINK after your registration.
