The Spanish Philippines, administered from 1565 to 1898 under the Real Patronato de Indias, was a colonial administration in which the Catholic Church was directly woven into governance: the friar orders (Augustinians, Franciscans, Dominicans and Jesuits) administered towns as parish priests with substantial civil authority, oversaw conversion of the overwhelming majority of the lowland population to Catholicism, and became so politically dominant that friar power was a central grievance of the later Philippine Revolution.
Facts
Religion and State
State ReligionRoman Catholicism under the Real Patronato de Indias, with the friar orders administering towns as parish priests holding substantial civil authority, so that the church was woven directly into colonial governance. 1 Religious PolicyReal Patronato de Indias; friar orders administering civil governance 1 Origins
Origin RegionThe Philippine archipelago, governed from Manila from 1571 as a dependency administered through New Spain, at the far western edge of Spain's American empire. 1 Attributions
Associated ReligionCatholicism, administered by the friar orders (Augustinians, Franciscans, Dominicans and Jesuits) under the Real Patronato de Indias. 1 State religion (class)Christianity (Catholic) 1 Connections
Associated With
This source names Philippines directly: "The Spanish Philippines, administered from 1565 to 1898 under the Real Patronato de Indias, was a colonial administration in which the Catholic Church was directly woven into governance: the friar..."
Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)
Related To
Senakulo's documented history begins under Spanish colonial rule, alongside the Pasyon text tradition it draws its material from.
Source Wikipedia, "Pasyon"Wikipedia contributors
Sources
1. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Philippines, Spanish colonial period; friar ordersView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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