The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50: 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 50: 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
89. [Arandía's ordinance, no. 10, ordering alcaldes and justices to
treat with the father ministers only in writing and to visit them
only when accompanied, is repealed, as it is contrary to law lxv,
título xiv, book i, of the Recopilación. The ecclesiastical superiors
shall do their utmost to restrain their subjects within the bounds of
moderation. Frequent visits between the alcaldes, gobernadorcillos,
and other justices, and the father ministers are recommended. In
this intercourse, however, the gobernadorcillos shall be ruled in
temporal affairs by the orders and commands of the alcaldes-mayor,
but are to maintain due respect to the father ministers--who shall
not meddle with matters of secular government, but shall take the
measures advisable for the spiritual welfare of the Indians.]
90. [Ecclesiastical superiors shall be requested to order their
subjects to preach frequently to the Indians concerning their
obligation of paying the tribute, and the indulgences that they
obtain by taking the bull of the holy Crusade, in view of the many
troubles arising from the lack of instruction in these two points "so
important for their salvation, so in accordance with the intention
of our Catholic monarch, and suitable to the zeal of good ministers
of instruction, and of faithful vassals of his Majesty."]
91. The sumptuousness of the buildings, the churches, and houses of
the missionaries, mistakenly called convents, is one of the burdens
which the Indians unjustly suffer, and which, according to a very
laudable opinion, contributes greatly to their desolation. Moreover,
since it is apparent by the experience of the past war, what harm
said buildings have occasioned, as they serve as shelter and defense
to enemies, it is declared that buildings of stone and tile shall
not be permitted in the provinces where there is danger of enemies,
but only those of boards and nipa; [126] and where it is considered
advisable by the superior government to permit them, a fixed rule
shall be given, ordering that the houses of the missionary ministers
be of moderate style, and in harmony with the plan which must be sent
to each alcalde-mayor--with orders to demolish those which shall be
built new without the necessary licenses, in case that they exceed the
limits of the said plan. [This is in harmony with the royal decree,
dated Madrid, June 18, 1767. The terms of ordinance 67 shall be
observed until other regulations are provided.]
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