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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

The religious of this mission brought with them an image for devotion,
a painting of the holy Christ of Burgos, touched up to accord with
the original. This was received in Manila with great solemnity,
in a procession, the new governor taking part therein on account of
being much given to that devotion, and with him the most distinguished
persons in the city. The image was deposited in the main chapel, with
an altar and retable which were very suitable for it, until the Conde
de Lizárraga, Don Martín de Ursua y Arismendi, provided that which the
image has at the present time. The governor went to mass every Friday,
and there was a large attendance of citizens of Manila--I know not
whether out of complaisance with him; for at the death of Don Gabriel
de Curucelaegui, who was buried at the foot of the aforesaid altar,
at the same time was buried with him the devotion of the citizens
of Manila. The same occurred in the government of the said Conde de
Lizárraga, who again revived this devotion; for it was likewise buried
with him, in the same place. So much influence has the example of the
governors in these islands, and so great is their power, that even
devotion seems to need their aid. The religious also brought a brief
from his Holiness Innocent XI for the erection of a confraternity of
the holy Christ of Burgos; this undertaking was carried out, and its
first director [100] was this devout governor. In his time it had a
large membership, but today it has very few confriers; but they are
most devout and sincere when they are least influenced by vain and
worldly considerations, and most please the Lord when they are anxious
to please not princes--men in whom there is no real prosperity--but
the King of kings, who always repays them in money of infinite value.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

The religious of this mission brought with them an image for devotion,
a painting of the holy Christ of Burgos, touched up to accord with
the original. This was received in Manila with great solemnity,
in a procession, the new governor taking part therein on account of
being much given to that devotion, and with him the most distinguished
persons in the city. The image was deposited in the main chapel, with
an altar and retable which were very suitable for it, until the Conde
de Lizárraga, Don Martín de Ursua y Arismendi, provided that which the
image has at the present time. The governor went to mass every Friday,
and there was a large attendance of citizens of Manila--I know not
whether out of complaisance with him; for at the death of Don Gabriel
de Curucelaegui, who was buried at the foot of the aforesaid altar,
at the same time was buried with him the devotion of the citizens
of Manila. The same occurred in the government of the said Conde de
Lizárraga, who again revived this devotion; for it was likewise buried
with him, in the same place. So much influence has the example of the
governors in these islands, and so great is their power, that even
devotion seems to need their aid. The religious also brought a brief
from his Holiness Innocent XI for the erection of a confraternity of
the holy Christ of Burgos; this undertaking was carried out, and its
first director [100] was this devout governor. In his time it had a
large membership, but today it has very few confriers; but they are
most devout and sincere when they are least influenced by vain and
worldly considerations, and most please the Lord when they are anxious
to please not princes--men in whom there is no real prosperity--but
the King of kings, who always repays them in money of infinite value.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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