On comets and rainbows: Antônio Vieira, the Jesuits, the revealed knowledge and modern science

Authors

  • Sezinando Luiz Menezes Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Célio Juvenal Costa Universidade Estadual de Maringa

Abstract

On the basis of the positions of the Jesuit priest, Antonio Vieira about the comets, the work examines connections between faith and “science” and seeks to demonstrate that for men of the 17th century the empirical knowledge of the natural world was also a form of knowing God.

Key words: Antônio Vieira, science, faith, Jesuits.

Author Biographies

Sezinando Luiz Menezes, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Professor doutor do DHI e do Program de Pós Graduação em História da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Area de atuação: História do Império Português.

Célio Juvenal Costa, Universidade Estadual de Maringa

Professor Doutor do Programa de pós graduação em Educação da UEM, desenvolve pesquisas em história da Educação no Império Português da época moderna.

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Published

2012-06-26

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2012): September/December

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