Talk:Thomas Stephens (Jesuit)

Title

I used a highly specific title for a reason. There are a lot of English-speaking Christian missionaries, & a fair number with Welsh names. There may well be other Thomas Stephenses in the mission field. But the simpler title is fair enough. Ventifax 03:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

We have to think about the reader - they are very unlikely to put the death date (especially "d.") in the search box. If "Father" is part of the title, and should be used, then I apologize and I'd move it to Father Thomas Stephens (missionary) Hbdragon88 04:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, 16th-17th Century CE India is not my field, neither is the Society of Jesus & its history; so I'll give others a chance to sound off on how he should be labeled. I included the death date only as the birth date seemed uncertain, else it would have been more like Father Thomas Stephens (1549 - 1619) (with maybe a reference to him being a Jesuit). It was clunky, though. (I was just a little irked that I'd already made 2 links & had to change them.) Ventifax 22:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Title poll

I'm asking for opinions on how to further specify this Thomas Stephens. Should we add "Father"? "S.J."? expand the sub to "(missionary in India)"? Dates? Something else? Ventifax 22:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I feel it would be good to add a page "Fr. Thomas Stephens" and redirect it to this page. Adding a date to the title would be counterproductive. "Fr." or "Father" would help disambiguate down to this particular person in a sea of Thomas Stephens. Don't add S.J. , in my opinion it is strictly unnecesary because in regular talk a priest's brotherhood is never used. Add a diambiguation page too, to seperate him from this Thomas Stephens. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 05:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

dates

There is a confusion regarding the date of publishing. The accounts in the two references contradict each other. Also there is no confirmation that Krista Purana was published in 1619 or it was written in 1619 . New advent mentions three dates (1619, 1649 and 1857).I have mentioned 1619. Can someone confirm/correct this --Deepak D'Souza 05:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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