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This document discusses the debate among Jesuit missionaries in Portugal about the practice of circumcision in Ethiopia. It begins by providing historical context, noting that early European travelers to Ethiopia in the 13th-15th centuries observed and documented the practice of circumcision but did not view it as particularly problematic. However, with growing Portuguese involvement in Ethiopia in the early 16th century and the presence of influential figures like Pope Leo X, there was a shift toward intol

Author

Vitor Cunha

Language

EN