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
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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
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
Moreover, notwithstanding his most illustrious Lordship has been
informed of the exterior adornment of the church of the said villages
of Nazugbu and Lian, yet, inasmuch as the books of receipts and
expenses of the said church have not been shown, and are not clear,
his most illustrious Lordship therefore commanded and did command that
in that church shall be kept a book, in the first half of which shall
be set down the following, beginning at the first page, with all the
items clear, separate, and distinct, and with mention of the day,
month, and year: the eighths of the fees for marriages and burials
which shall be received from this time forward; and the legacies, and
donations for pious works, which are made to the said church. Then,
beginning at the middle of the book, must be set down in the second
half of it, with the same details, the expenditures which shall be
made for the church, in order that thus no confusion may arise, and
that the accounts may be promptly settled in the future visit. By this
act, therefore, his most illustrious Lordship decreed and commanded
the above, and signed this paper, which I certify.
Diego, archbishop of Manila.
Before me:
Francisco Sanctos de Oliveros, secretary.
[Here follow certificates, written in the registers of burials and
marriages respectively, that they have been duly inspected, and
referring to the decree itself, which is written in the register
of baptisms.]
Tariff
We, Doctor Don Diego Camacho y Avila, by the grace of God and of
the holy Apostolic See, metropolitan archbishop of these Philippinas
Islands, and ruler of the suffragan bishopric of Nueva Segovia, now
vacant, and member of the Council of his royal Majesty. Desiring to
fulfil the obligations of our ministry and pastoral office, and that by
the government which is in our charge, especially in the administration
of the holy sacraments, God our Lord may be followed and the faithful
edified; and that every one of our curas and ministers who instruct
the natives--not only in this city, but those of the other parishes
outside its walls--and their sacristans, shall observe the integrity
which is fitting in demanding the fees which shall belong to them on
account of the functions of their ministries and offices, relieving
their consciences as we do ours; and having examined the tariffs which
our predecessors have fixed, and seeing the condition of these islands,
we have decided to issue anew our mandate regarding the said statutes
and tariffs; and we ordain that from this time forth, in demanding
the said fees, the following order shall be observed:
Baptisms: For the baptisms the cura shall demand the candle or candles
which those who can give them may furnish, not obliging them to pay
a fee [capillo], or to give an offering of money or other things;
but, if they voluntarily give any free offering, [20] the cura is
authorized to take it.
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