Rig Vedas

<p>Alesandro Valignano (1539–1606) inaugurated tremendous success in the Asian missionary field with his<em> Mission Principles</em> (1574–1606), a set of recommendations that encouraged the adaptation of Christian thought to Indian, Japanese, and Chinese cultures. His former student and missionary companion Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) institutionalized these adaptations by formulating <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christianity.aspx">Christianity</a> within a vocabulary understood by Chinese intellectuals. His

Like Ricci in China, Roberto de Nobili (1577–1656) in India studied the documents that shaped local culture. Nobili’s understanding of <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sanskrit.aspx">Sanskrit</a> and the Hindu Vedas provided an opportunity for a deeper insight into indigenous culture and means by which Catholicism could be expressed in a non-European vocabulary.

What does that mean?

It means that what we know of the so-called Vedas, was written by the Jesuits and the Brits!</p>