Jesuit Missions, Philosophy and Actions
Priests from the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, founded a number of missions in what is now Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia to educate and convert the Indian tribes of the area. Their success led to the creation of cities, commerce, art and literacy and laid the foundation for their expulsion from the Americas.
Jesuit Missions of South America
Visitors come to see the ruins, the grand scale of some of the churches, the native carvings copied from European art of the day, and the way of paternalistic, benevolent governing that made the Jesuit missions a total contrast to the management of native tribes elsewhere in Latin America.
Visitors come to see the ruins, the grand scale of some of the churches, the native carvings copied from European art of the day, and the way of paternalistic, benevolent governing that made the Jesuit missions a total contrast to the management of native tribes elsewhere in Latin America.
A Rich Past and an Uncertain Future:
Jesuit and Enlightenment in the Luso-American - A paper by Beatriz Helena Domingues discussing "the influence of enlightenment ideas in Portugal and Brazil trough the discussion of the issue the Jesuit enterprise in Brazil in the second half of the eighteenth century, in the context of intellectual debates and political disputes in Portugal and in Europe."
Jesuit and Enlightenment in the Luso-American - A paper by Beatriz Helena Domingues discussing "the influence of enlightenment ideas in Portugal and Brazil trough the discussion of the issue the Jesuit enterprise in Brazil in the second half of the eighteenth century, in the context of intellectual debates and political disputes in Portugal and in Europe."
Barthelemy d' Igne-Chivre
"He became a Jesuit in 1699, and was attached to the South American missions in 1703. After studying the Guarani idiom in Buenos Ayres, he was in 1714 sent by the provincial to make a thorough survey of the countries that border on Paraguay river, and find a shorter way from Buenos Ayres to the missions of the Chiquitos."
"He became a Jesuit in 1699, and was attached to the South American missions in 1703. After studying the Guarani idiom in Buenos Ayres, he was in 1714 sent by the provincial to make a thorough survey of the countries that border on Paraguay river, and find a shorter way from Buenos Ayres to the missions of the Chiquitos."
Dr. Robert Jackson's Mission & History Pages
Scroll down for slideshows, data and photos of the South American missions.
Scroll down for slideshows, data and photos of the South American missions.
History of colonization in South America
"In 1767, the Jesuits are expelled from South America. Since 1607, the Jesuit order had run missions on the frontier of the Spanish empire in South America."
"In 1767, the Jesuits are expelled from South America. Since 1607, the Jesuit order had run missions on the frontier of the Spanish empire in South America."
In God's Name
"The cultural history of South America is inextricably linked with the Society of Jesus. Ever since the first missionaries arrived in Peru in 1568, Jesuit missions have served as vital centers for the arts throughout the continent."
"The cultural history of South America is inextricably linked with the Society of Jesus. Ever since the first missionaries arrived in Peru in 1568, Jesuit missions have served as vital centers for the arts throughout the continent."
Jesuit missions & Irai
"For much of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Guaraní Indians of what is now northeastern Argentina, southeastern Paraguay and northwestern Rio Grande do Sul were only nominally within the domain of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, and instead were ruled %u2013 or protected %u2013 by the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits."
"For much of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Guaraní Indians of what is now northeastern Argentina, southeastern Paraguay and northwestern Rio Grande do Sul were only nominally within the domain of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, and instead were ruled %u2013 or protected %u2013 by the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits."
Society of Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic order. It was founded in 1534 by a group of University of Paris graduate students led by Iñigo Lopez de Loyola."
"The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic order. It was founded in 1534 by a group of University of Paris graduate students led by Iñigo Lopez de Loyola."
The Jesuit Missions (reducciones) in South America
"The Indios Guaraní of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil would have been another indigenous people victim of the colonial conquest in South America, if the Jesuits would haven't been able to persuade the King of Spain to grant that vast region to their care."
"The Indios Guaraní of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil would have been another indigenous people victim of the colonial conquest in South America, if the Jesuits would haven't been able to persuade the King of Spain to grant that vast region to their care."
The Jesuit Missions in South America.
"The Indios Guaraní of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil would have been another indigenous people victim of the colonial conquest in South America, if the Jesuits weren't able to persuade the King of Spain to grant that vast region to their care."
"The Indios Guaraní of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil would have been another indigenous people victim of the colonial conquest in South America, if the Jesuits weren't able to persuade the King of Spain to grant that vast region to their care."