Sermon for the Good Success of the Arms of Portugal Against Those of Holland

"Sermon for the Good Success of the Arms of Portugal Against Those of Holland" (Portuguese: Sermão pelo Bom Sucesso das Armas de Portugal Contra as de Holanda) was a sermon preached by Portuguese Jesuit priest António Vieira to the congregation of the Church of Our Lady of Help in Salvador da Bahia, Colonial Brazil, in 1640, in the context of Dutch attempts to take control of the territory of Brazil during the course of the Dutch–Portuguese War.

First published edition (Lisbon, 1683), in a collection of António Vieira's sermons.

It was considered by the Abbé Raynal to be "perhaps the most extraordinary discourse ever heard from a Christian pulpit".^[1][2][3][4]

References

1.   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Prestage, Edgar (1911). "Vieira, Antonio". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50.
2. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antonio Vieira". www.newadvent.org.
3. Alvares, Cláudia Assad (2007). O discurso paradoxal de Vieira no 'Sermão pelo bom sucesso das Armas de Portugal contra as de Holanda'. São Paulo: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo. doi:10.11606/T.8.2007.tde-26022008-140441.
4. Fantini, Marli (1998). "A superposição de espelhos na retórica de Vieira". Revista do Centro de Estudos Portugueses. 18 (22): 69. doi:10.17851/2359-0076.18.22.69-86. ISSN 2359-0076.