Felipe Bertrán, Inquisitor General and bishop of Salamanca, argues that the burial of the faithful in churches goes against the principles of the primitive Church and constitutes a source of unhealthiness. In the same way he says that the sacred space is meant for praying, hearing the Holy Mass and receiving the body and blood of the Saviour. He then makes a historical exhortation to the evolution of mortuary practice in churches. This response was offered to the Council of Castile in its 1781 consultation with the Spanish bishops on the question of burials in places of worship.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Historical source
Format: Unknown
Source: Archivo Histórico Nacional, Secc. Consejos, caja 1.032.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1781
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: © Enrique Giménez López, 2017 © Archivo Histórico Nacional © El blog El Tiempo de los Modernos en el siglo XVIII
Abstract: Felipe Bertrán's response to the mortuary question posed by the Council of Castile in 1781
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1781Consejo de CastillaDefuncionesEnterramientosFuentes históricasFuentes primariasIglesiaInquisiciónInquisidor GeneralObispo de SalamancaSiglo XVIII
