{"product_id":"9781357134549","title":"Journal of a Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia: In Furtherance of the Objects of the Church Missionary Society","description":"Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.\u003cbr\u003eThis is an OCR edition with typos.\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from book:\u003cbr\u003e14, FIRST JESUIT MISSION and receiving advice that the Emperor wished to see him at court, he set out with his friend the Baharnagash; and soon arrived at the camp, where the Emperor then held his court. Oviedo, being admitted to the presence, and delivering the letters of the Pope and of the King of Portugal, observed the Emperor to be much disconcerted on examining their contents: but he soon resumed his natural good humour; and nothing further being transacted, the Bishop was dismissed, without having gained or lost any thing. In the next interview, the Bishop grew more bold ; and roundly asked the Emperor, whether he intended to submit to the Pope or not; assuring him, at the same time, that, out of his jurisdiction, salvation was not to be expected. To questions of this kind the Emperor mildly replied, that the Abyssinian Church had, from the beginning, been subject to the Patriarch of Alexandria; and, as he and his people had hitherto had no reason to be dissatisfied ith this subjection, he could not see why he should refuse to continue it: and, as to the errors with which the Bishop had been pleased to charge them in his Tract, he might inform himself more correctly on that point by reading the Confession of Faith, which he had lately published. The Bishop, however, being determined to stop at nothing short of the submission of the Emperor and his Church, again urged his plea; and again received a reply, if possible less satisfactory than the former—that the matter should be laid before the Council, and that the Bishop should soon be informed of their decision. Oviedo was well aware that he had nothing to expect Vide Com. Lud. p. 237. TO ABYSSINIA. 15 from this proceeding; and, in order to put it aside, wrote a warm remonstrance to the Emperor, remindi...","brand":"Ktown Waters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060069875952,"sku":"9781357134549","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781357134549_p0.jpg?v=1763710989","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781357134549","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}