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History. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart with villagers in front of a Roman Catholic church in the Philippines, circa pre-1920. Early Christian presence in the Malay archipelago and the Philippine Islands may be traced to Arab Christian traders from the Arabian Peninsula.
9 mar 2018 · The Jesuit historian John Schumacher claims “no whole people, at least prior to the 19th century, has ever in the history of the Church been so thoroughly evangelized as were the Filipinos.”
Originally a religious concern, it assumed by the middle of the nineteenth century a political and separatist character which climaxed in the Revolution and the en-suing secularization of almost all the parishes in the Philippines. It covers two periods: from 1753 to 1849, and from 1849 to 1898.
Like the proverbial grain of the mustard seed sown in fertile earth, the growth and development of the Church and the Philippines were the fruits of the labors of missionary friars, sustained by an indigenous clergy, and made vibrant by a faithful people.
22 mar 2021 · With Christianity sometimes described by some historians and educators as an instrument of colonialism, it shares some blame for the violence, abuses, and oppression that Filipinos experienced...
The Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 instituted a dramatic change for the Catholic Church in the Philippines, transforming the Latin Spanish church imposed upon the country to a Filipino church deeply rooted in Philippine culture and language.
This introductory chapter focuses on some highlights of Philippine Christianity as it developed in the colonial—333 years under Spanish rule (1565–1898) and 48 years under the US-American regime (1898–1946)—as well as the post-colonial...
