THE BAPTISM REGISTRY IN OPPOSITION TO CONVERSION REGISTRY: THE IGNATIAN DISCOURSE IN THE PARAGUAY MISSIONS IN THE HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Espaço Ameríndio

关键词: Reduções platinas;    Discurso jesuítico;    Batismo;    Século XVII;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In light of the objectives imposed by the missionary enterprise and the needs of the evangelical labor - amongst which, the registry by correspondence of the day-to-day in the reductions -, the Jesuits have placed in the baptism a great importance, not only as a rite of passage on the conversion to Christianity, but also as an instrument of discourse to confirm the conversion of the natives and, thus, to prove to their superiors the adequate progress of the reductions. However, by analyzing the Ignatian discourse, a great incidence of stories that highlight the incidence of the baptism can be perceived, without there being the same proportion of stories proving these recently baptized Indians. There is, therefore, a disproportion in the Jesuitical registry of the proportion between baptized Indians and converts.

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