Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Jesuit interim=== The period of [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] influence, which broke the connection with Egypt, began a new chapter in church history. The initiative in [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] missions to Ethiopia was taken not by [[Rome]], but by [[Portugal]], in the course of a conflict with the [[Muslim]] [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Sultanate of Adal]] for the command of the trade route to [[India]] via the [[Red Sea]].{{sfn|Butler|1911|pp=95-96}} In 1507, [[Mateus (ambassador)|Mateus]], or Matthew, an [[Armenians|Armenian]], had been sent as an Ethiopian envoy to Portugal. In 1520, an embassy under Dom Rodrigo de Lima landed in Ethiopia. An interesting account of the Portuguese mission, which lasted for several years, was written by [[Francisco Álvares]], its chaplain.{{sfn|Butler|1911|p=96}} Later, [[Ignatius Loyola]] wished to take up the task of conversion, but was forbidden to do so. Instead, the [[pope]] sent out João Nunes Barreto as patriarch of the East Indies, with [[Andre de Oviedo]] as bishop; and from [[Goa]] envoys went to Ethiopia, followed by Oviedo himself, to secure the king's adherence to Rome. After repeated failures some measure of success was achieved under Emperor [[Susenyos I]], but not until 1624 did the Emperor make formal submission to the [[pope]].{{sfn|Butler|1911|p= 96}} Susenyos made Roman Catholicism the official state religion but was met with heavy resistance by his subjects and by the authorities of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and eventually had to abdicate in 1632 in favour of his son, [[Fasilides]], who promptly restored Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity as the state religion. He then in 1633 expelled the Jesuits, and in 1665 Fasilides ordered that all Jesuit books (the Books of the Franks) be burned.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page