Raymund Lull: First Missionary to the Moslems

RAYMUND LULL:

FIRST MISSIONARY TO THE MOSLEMS

Samuel M. Zwemer

1902

Biographical Sketch of the Author
Samuel M. Zwemer (1867-1952)
(from the introduction)

Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer was a missionary for many years in lands regions west and northwest of the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain where two of his daughters are buried. He learned Arabic, became a master of the Moslem philosophy. He loved the Mohammedans and worked constantly to evangelize the Moslem world.

Dr. Zwemer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. In 1929 he was appointed Professor of Missions and the History of Religion at Princeton University, a position he held to retirement in 1938. Following retirement he taught courses at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Missionary Training Institute and at Biblical Seminary in New York City.

Note: See the Columbia International University biography of Samuel Zwemer for further information.

Biographical Sketch of
Raymund Lull (1232-1315)
(from wikipedia.org and other sources)

Raymund Lull was a lay scholar and missionary from Northeastern Spain, known to many by the name Doctor Illuminatus. From 1285 to his martyrdom in 1315 he devoted his life to reaching Moslems with the Christian gospel, primarily in North Africa -- Tunis and surrounding regions.

He authored the first major work in Catalan (the language of Andorra and Catalonia, located in Northeastern Spain).

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION by Robert E. Speer ix ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix xx

PREFACE xxi xxi xxii

I. Europe and the Saracens in the Thirteenth Century 1 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011

II. Raymund Lull's Birthplace and Early Life 12   012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031

III. The Vision and Call to Service 32   032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046

IV. Preparation for the Conflict 47   047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062

V. At Montpellier, Paris, and Rome 63   063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079

VI. His First Missionary Journey to Tunis 80   080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096

VII. Other Missionary Journeys 97   097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112

VIII. Raymund Lull as Philosopher and Author 113   113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131

IX. His Last Missionary Journey and His Martyrdom 132   132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146

X. "Who being Dead yet Speaketh" 147   147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156

Books written by Raymund Lull 157   157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168

Books about Raymund Lull 169-172   169 170 171 172

ILLUSTRATIONS.

High resolution images are available for download here.

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Frontispiece	Statue of Raymund Lull at Palma, Majorca
Facing page 6	Tenth-Century Map of the World (The Cotton or Anglo-Saxon Map Restored)
Facing page 20	General View of Palma, Majorca
Facing page 24	Church of San Francisco, Palma, Majorca
Facing page 40	Cloisters of the Church of San Francisco
Facing page 60	Facsimile of Page from Lull's Latin Works
Facing page 88	The Old Canal between Goletta and Tunis
Facing page 98	A Venetian Galley of the Thirteenth Century (From an Old Print)
Facing page 104	The Harbor of Bugia
Facing page 112	The Town and Tower of Bugia
Page 112	The Prologue of John's Gospel in Catalan
Facing page 140	The Old Gateway of Bugia (Eleventh Century)
Facing page 144	Tomb of Raymund Lull in the Church of San Francisco, Palma, Majorca