Rules and precepts of the Jesuit missions of northwestern New Spain / Charles W. Polzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polzer, Charles W., author.

Contributor:

Jesuits. Rectorado de San Francisco Borja.

Series:

Documentary relations of the Southwest. Jesuit relations.

The documentary relations of the Southwest. Jesuit relations

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Mexico.

Jesuits.

Jesuits--Missions.

Missions.

Missions--Mexico.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

x, 141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Century Collection edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Summary:

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Contents:

Part I Interpretation 1

Terminology and Origins 3

The Jesuit Mission System: Rules and Precepts 13

Rectorates, Cabeceras, and Visitas for the Mission Provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa 33

Jesuit Mission Methodology 39

Part II Rules and Precepts for the Mission Rectorate of San Francisco Borja, Sonora, Mexico 59

Rules for the Government of the Missions As Approved by the Father Visitor Rodrigo de Cabredo, 1610 61

The Regulations Made by the Visitors General for the Whole Province, and by the Provincials for the Missions, 1862 66

Regulations for the Visitors, 1662 76

Regulations of Father Visitor Juan Ortiz Zapata, 1678 81

Regulations of Father Tomás Altamirano, 1679 84

A Letter of Father Provincial Bernardo Pardo Concerning the Manner of Transferring Districts, 1681 87

Regulations of Father Visitor Juan Almonacir, 1681-84 89

Regulations of Father Provincial Juan de Palacios, 1698 90

Three Letters and the Precepts of Father Provincial A. Xardón Written to Father Visitor F. X. Mora, 1710 92

Precepts of Father Visitor General Andrés Luque, 1714 96

Regulations for the Missions And Especially for Sonora, Compiled by Father Alonso de Arrivillaga, 1715 98

A Letter of Father Provincial Gaspar Rodero, 1716 103

A Compendium of Instructions from Father Provincial Joseph de Arjó to Father Juan de Guendulain and Afterward to Father Joseph de Echeverría for the General Visitation of the Missions 105

Precepts Which Were Found in the Missions 115

Precepts of Father Provincial Alexandro Romano 118

Remarks of an Unknown Father Visitor, About 1740 120

Precepts for the Missionaries Following the Decision of Father Provincial Andrés Xavier García and his Consultors, June 25,1747 122

Precepts of Father Francisco Zeballos, 1763 125.

Notes:

First published in 1976.

"Rules and precepts for the Mission Rectorate of San Francisco Borja, Sonora, Mexico: translation of documents in the Roman archives of the Society of Jesus": pages [59]-125.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132) and index.

ISBN:

9780816534807

0816534802

OCLC:

961939769

Publisher Number:

99969742868