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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

In view of these actions which he can perform, the reverend archbishop
will attach less importance to his not visiting judicially the regular
who is a parish priest because the latter remains outside of his
jurisdiction; but it may well be believed that the regular keeps the
sacrament, the holy oils, and the baptismal font in decent condition;
that there are registers of baptisms, burials, and marriages; that
the Christian doctrine is explained to all the people together, and
to the children separately, as also to the larger boys and girls,
and all at different times; that not only in times of sickness and
of danger of death, but in health and safety, the sacraments are
administered to those who ask for them; and that other things are done
which are proper for the ministers who are curas. These functions,
as they have a public interest in themselves for the whole village,
are known throughout it; and even if any detail should be neglected,
the reverend archbishop may well believe that neither the provincial
nor the other responsible officials of the provinces who are designated
to watch, make decisions, punish, or reward, for the general good,
will wish to be censured for it.

The reverend archbishop does not doubt that in the church of God the
holy religious orders form a very numerous assembly, and that their
sons, every one, are the sheep of the supreme shepherd, the pope,
who has exempted them from the [jurisdiction of the] ordinaries,
unburdening his own conscience, and trusting to the vigilance of the
generals, and other superiors--to whom, as to the guardians of souls,
he has handed over those of the individuals [who form] the rest
[of the order]. It has not occurred to any one that on account of
this exemption the popes cannot feed the universal flock, or appear
with safety before the tribunal of God; and experience has shown the
extraordinary benefits which have resulted from it to the church and
to the religious orders themselves. Why, then, where the vicars of
Christ are secure, will not an archbishop be so too?

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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

In view of these actions which he can perform, the reverend archbishop
will attach less importance to his not visiting judicially the regular
who is a parish priest because the latter remains outside of his
jurisdiction; but it may well be believed that the regular keeps the
sacrament, the holy oils, and the baptismal font in decent condition;
that there are registers of baptisms, burials, and marriages; that
the Christian doctrine is explained to all the people together, and
to the children separately, as also to the larger boys and girls,
and all at different times; that not only in times of sickness and
of danger of death, but in health and safety, the sacraments are
administered to those who ask for them; and that other things are done
which are proper for the ministers who are curas. These functions,
as they have a public interest in themselves for the whole village,
are known throughout it; and even if any detail should be neglected,
the reverend archbishop may well believe that neither the provincial
nor the other responsible officials of the provinces who are designated
to watch, make decisions, punish, or reward, for the general good,
will wish to be censured for it.

The reverend archbishop does not doubt that in the church of God the
holy religious orders form a very numerous assembly, and that their
sons, every one, are the sheep of the supreme shepherd, the pope,
who has exempted them from the [jurisdiction of the] ordinaries,
unburdening his own conscience, and trusting to the vigilance of the
generals, and other superiors--to whom, as to the guardians of souls,
he has handed over those of the individuals [who form] the rest
[of the order]. It has not occurred to any one that on account of
this exemption the popes cannot feed the universal flock, or appear
with safety before the tribunal of God; and experience has shown the
extraordinary benefits which have resulted from it to the church and
to the religious orders themselves. Why, then, where the vicars of
Christ are secure, will not an archbishop be so too?

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

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