Here is the first volume of what promises to be the definitive account of the Jesuits in the Philippines. Based on extensive research in the archives of Rome and Spain, the author…has surveyed the activities of his Order from its entrance into the Philippines in 1581 until its expulsion in 1768, in highly readable form… The Jesuits occupy the center of the stage and their activities are vividly brought to life in this outstanding study.
-- Thought

A study of fundamental value and lasting importance for the study of Philippine history.
-- Journal of Asian Studies

Father de la Costa has given us a lucidly written and a meticulously documented account. For decades to come historians of the Philippines and the expansion of Christianity will remain indebted to him.
-- Pacific Historical Review