RELS 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Evangelical Counsels, Ignatius Of Loyola, The Interior Castle
17 Mar 2018
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The catholic church"s response to the reformation the neutralize or even reverse the protestant threat . Ending abuses and indulgences, as well as doubling down on their distinct beliefs. The carmelites juan de la cruz (john of the cross, author of the dark night of the. Soul) and teresa of avila (the interior castle) Dominicans, franciscans and the jesuits: africa tied to portugese expansionism: e. g. the congo, mozambique, the philippines still today 91% catholic. Inculturation: e. g. matteo ricci (1550-1610) in china. Some missionaries resisted empire and the space trade; others were tools of expansionism. Case in point: jesuit missionaries trying to protect indigenous brazilians and african slaves from the portuguese colonists. Royal patronage a system to spread both spanish culture and christianity at the same time. The conquistadors god as on the side of the spanish against the incas and. Visions of mary in not just spanish but nahuatl mary as tonantzin, the mother goddess.
