The directory for confessors, 1585 : implementing the Catholic Reformation in New Spain / translated and edited by Stafford Poole ; with contributions by John Frederick Schwaller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poole, Stafford, translator, editor.

Schwaller, John Frederick, writer of added commentary.

Standardized Title:

Directorio para confesores y penitentes. English.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church. Province of Mexico City (Mexico). Concilio Provincial--(3rd : 1585).

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church. Province of Mexico City (Mexico). Concilio Provincial.

Confession--Catholic Church--History--16th century.

Confession.

Penance--History--Mexico--16th century.

Penance.

Confession--Catholic Church.

History.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 358 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]

Summary:

"A translation and commentary on the Directory for Confessors of the Third Mexican Provincial Council, a manual intended to compensate for the deficiencies in the educations of priests. Never promulgated or published due to intense opposition, it remains an important source for the religious, social, and economic history of Colonial Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface / by John F. Schwaller

Introduction : The "Directorio para Confesores" as a Religious Document / by Stafford Poole

Mexico in 1585 / by John F. Schwaller

Directory [for Confessors and Penitents] of the Holy Provincial Council of Mexico, Celebrated in This Year of 1585.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806159843

0806159847

OCLC:

1019845041