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Cristóvão Ferreira (c. 1580–1650) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Jesuit missionary who committed apostasy after being captured and tortured during the anti-Christian purges in 17th-century Japan.
Once welcome in Japan, missionaries were officially expelled from the country by the 1620s. A number of priests, however, went underground to minister to the Christian community. Among them was Fr. Cristóvão Ferreira, the Portuguese provincial superior of the Jesuit mission.
Father Ferreira’s character in the novel raises the question of what it means to carry out the mission of the Church. Many regard him as a model priest and a consummate theologian, able to argue intricate theses in the Christian religion, and a paragon of Catholic virtue.
May 2, 2017 · The story of Fr. Christovao Ferreira, a character in the adapted movie Silence by Martin Scorsese. We thank Fr. Thomas Onoda, a Japanese priest of the Society of Saint Pius X who provided us with this detailed life of Father Christovao Ferreira. Fr.
Father Ferreira is a former Portuguese missionary priest who led the Christian movement for 20 years in Japan before the harsh persecution of Christians began in the country.
Dec 23, 2016 · Neeson plays Father Cristóvão Ferreira in Martin Scorsese’s longtime passion project, “Silence.” The film follows two Jesuit priests played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver, who go on a ...
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Jan 6, 2017 · The man narrating this excruciating torture is Father Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), a Jesuit missionary. The victims, who number in the dozens, are his fellow Catholic priests.
