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- Title
The Franciscan mission in the state of Grão-Pará and Maranhão (1622-1750): Agents, structures and dynamics.
- Authors
de Figueiredo Batista AMORIM, Maria Adelina
- Abstract
The organics of the Mendicant Order are systematized in presence of an abundant and unpublished documentation, as well as its principal agents (i.e. Friar Cristovão de Lisboa) and historical way in the Portuguese colonial Amazonia. The mechanisms and dynamics used by the Minor Friars during their apostolate are explained, in particular those from the Province of Santo Antonio - the first one responsible on this process - relating them with other institutions and agents, both in ground (from the inhabitants, Indian or White, to the members of local management and other regular orders and secular clergy) and in Kingdom (from the Crown to the instances that regulate the ecclesiastic life and evangelization). Thus, the sense of Mission of the Franciscan Order in its arcane roots and the organics of the subsequent structures are studied, starting from the presupposition that if there isn't that founding matrix, the desideratum of evangelizing, propagate the Christian faith, divulge the message, preach the Gospel, the existence of this very organization in the old colonial State of the Northern part of Brazil would be endangered. Following the exportation of evangelizing practices and pedagogical patterns, the action of the Antonian Franciscans in the Amazonian space, in XVII and XVIII centuries, was an 15 history marked by two distinct and complementary forms: the fidelity to identity values and to a place of presence, i.e., an institution with Rule, its own statutes, jurisdiction and its application, so many times applied in a contradictory and contentious way. This explains the identitary role of the Antonians and also the conflicts with the colonial governing structures, among the several laic and religious groups, and even within the existing structures among the three branches of the Franciscan family, with the arriving of Piedade friars (1693) and the separation of those of Conceição (1706). The history of this institution must be understood not only from its actuation inside the colonial space where it was integrated, but also within the dynamics of the Seraphic Order, which was always a decisive factor, asserting its privileges, prerogatives and jurisdictions in any place of the Portuguese Empire. It matters to understand the way the Franciscans acted, which are the methods they used and what are the differences in relation to other similar institutions. What identitary mark allowed them to distinguish themselves from the other agents in the ground? What difference? Is there a difference? And if History needs to interpret the subjacent memorable vestiges, this study will demonstrate that the Franciscans did not write their History in the sand, and that is possible to inscribe a new chapter in the Luso-Brazilian historiography. The present dissertation deals with this historical, ideological, cultural and artistic legacy built by the Franciscans of Santo Antonio, since 1621, in harmony with the formation of the Pará and Maranhão State.
- Subjects
FRIARS; PORTUGUESE history; FRANCISCANS
- Publication
E-Journal of Portuguese History, 2019, Vol 17, Issue 2, p214
- ISSN
1645-6432
- Publication type
Abstract