Evangelización - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:40:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Evangelización - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Decree urging the authorities of the kingdom to collaborate in the evangelisation of the Moors https://historylab.es/decree-urging-the-authorities-of-the-kingdom-to-collaborate-in-the-evangelisation-of-the-moors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decree-urging-the-authorities-of-the-kingdom-to-collaborate-in-the-evangelisation-of-the-moors Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:54:53 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cedula-por-la-que-se-insta-a-las-autoridades-del-reino-a-colaborar-en-la-evangelizacion-de-los-moriscos/ Certificate issued by King Philip II in which the authorities of the kingdom are urged to collaborate with the bishops and inquisitors for the evangelisation of the Moors

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]]> Within the framework of Philip II’s domestic policy, serious problems arose due to the Moorish uprising. This led to the need to develop evangelisation campaigns in the interior of the kingdom, which required greater collaboration from ecclesiastical agents.

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]]> Letter of the Venerable Servant of God Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza to the Supreme Pontiff Innocent X https://historylab.es/letter-of-the-venerable-servant-of-god-don-juan-de-palafox-y-mendoza-to-the-supreme-pontiff-innocent-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-of-the-venerable-servant-of-god-don-juan-de-palafox-y-mendoza-to-the-supreme-pontiff-innocent-x Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carta-del-venerable-siervo-de-dios-don-juan-de-palafox-y-mendoza-al-sumo-pontifice-inocencio-x/ Fragment of text in which Juan de Palafox reproaches the Jesuits for their lack of martyrs during their work of evangelisation in China

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]]> To defend the expulsion of the Jesuits, in addition to the traditional accusations, others related to the relaxation of their obligations in the conversion of the human groups where they were stationed were adduced. In this case, Palafox criticises the absence of Jesuit martyrs in their evangelising work in China. The fact that they did not suffer persecution and martyrdom was proof that they were not fulfilling the profile of the great evangelisers, who, in the face of the incomprehension and hostility of their hearers, had been glorified with martyrdom in the manner of Jesus. Behind this type of accusation, other accusations were included in the argument against Jesuit work, in this case the relaxation of evangelising obligations. According to these accusations, the Jesuits had allowed an atmosphere of heresy in which the Chinese continued to make their sacrifices with the approval of the order, and even syncretisms appeared in which the Christian God and Belial were worshipped.

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]]> The educated missionary and the other church workers https://historylab.es/the-educated-missionary-and-the-other-church-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-educated-missionary-and-the-other-church-workers Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:35 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-missionero-instruido-y-en-el-de-los-demasoperarios-de-la-iglesia/ Fragment of text written by Miguel Ángel Pascual in which he explains the receptive nature of the religious message to be transmitted during theatrical performances

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]]> The Catholic Church was characterised by an enormous capacity to adapt to different ways of transmitting the religious message of Christianity. On many occasions, it had to resort to resources that were attractive to the faithful because of the difficulty of insisting on books as the source of transmission of the faith. For example, in the Middle Ages, given the very low literacy rate, the religious message was transmitted through figurative art, converting the biblical story into a sequence of images representing the content of the text. In this case, theatrical performances were used as a way of conveying certain religious messages to an audience located in the rural hinterland and, like almost the entire social spectrum of the time, needed to adapt the medium in order to get the message across. It is not surprising that Baroque art was used in this context, given the power transmitted by the image in this artistic typology, which is as ornate as it is expressive.

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