Jackson de Figueiredo, Catholic Thinker: A Psychobiographical Study

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Todaro Williams

A History of Catholicism in Brazil could well be divided into the pre- and post-Jacksonian eras. Jackson de Figueiredo, fiery Catholic journalist of the 1920's who serves as the point of reference, performed the feat of almost single-handedly wrenching the Brazilian Church from the position of static equilibrium in which it long lay suspended. This statis had its roots in the restrictive regalism of the Portuguese and Brazilian Empires and in the Republican disestablishment which followed in 1890.Caught up since 1890 with organizational and financial problems of survival, the Brazilian Church had drawn ever closer to Rome. Under the auspices of the papacy, the hierarchy recruited foreign clergy to staff its underorganized church and encouraged new orders to set up branches in Brazil. In 1905 Pope Leo XIII appointed Archbishop Joaquim Arcoverde of Rio the first Cardinal of Brazil and of Latin America. He created new dioceses in Brazil and appointed Rome-trained bishops to fill them. The utilization of Rome's financial and personnel resources in the postdisestablishment period considerably shored up the Church qua organization in Brazil.

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-587
Author(s):  
Jorge Pixley

AbstractUsing the experience of the network of popular biblical study groups in Latin America and the biblical scholars who accompany them, this article outlines the basic requirements for a pastoral reading of the Bible. Special emphasis is given to the need for using the history of composition, necessarily hypothetical, in order to recover the political dynamics of the texts. The resulting pastoral reading will serve a public as well as a church function.


Author(s):  
Rebecca Horn

FamilySearch, which constitutes the largest genealogical archival project and database in the world, offers rich online resources for research on the history of Latin America. FamilySearch constitutes an institutional arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the LDS Church, dedicated to genealogical research. It offers a wealth of resources with enormous potential for historical research on a broad range of topics and through diverse methods of investigation. The digital collection, which expands continuously, includes archival material from all the major regions of the world, including Latin America. For Latin America, the strength of the collection rests with parish and civil registers, censuses, and secondary sources on the genealogical and family history of the region.


2021 ◽  
pp. 343-355
Author(s):  
Ilya O. Ivanov ◽  

The article details the activities of the Archive Committee of the Moscow Spiritual Consistory, set up on the initiative of Metropolitan Philaret Drozdov of Moscow to put in order diocesan archives, which had suffered in the Napoleonic invasion. The documentary complex of the consistory was the backbone of the institution. The disastrous state of the archive not only undermined the activities of the consistory, but also hindered its socially important search for information in the parish records. Thus, the first priority and essential task of the Committee was to sort through and describe burial record books, which were in disorder. The filed away documents of the consistory expeditions, or structural subdivisions of the consistory, also required serious systematization. The same was true of the historical part of the complex dating back to the previous century. Thus, the Committee faced a choice of an optimal classification scheme: territorial grouping of files by soroks and churches, which dated back to the 18th century, or grouping by “substance” — subjects corresponding to the activity areas of the consistory desks and expeditions. The latter was impelled by the Statute of the Consistory (1841), as well as by the permanently increasing volume of records. So far, the Moscow Consistory Archive has been studied primarily from a pragmatic point of view: as a rich source base for diverse research on the history of the Church. The issues of archival document arrangement have attracted no special attention in scientific literature, although the surviving materials of the Committee reflect an interesting debate of diocesan archivists on the possible solution to the existing problem. In this respect, the documents left by the Committee are a valuable illustration of the Church archiving in search for a better organization of systematic preservation of diocesan administrative documents. The conclusion is made that the Committee was directly involved in the development of the consistory's document complex, its continuous processing, description, and adaptation to the new records management conditions, as well as to the modern structure of the Moscow Ecclesiastical Consistory collections. Stable organization of work with documentary material would have been impossible without appropriate staffing. The Committee was an unusual, beyond-the-limits-of-corporate-culture union of Moscow priests. Representatives of the Moscow clergy formed a special type of archivist, combining work in the archives with everyday parish practice.


Author(s):  
Андрей Викторович Чекмарёв ◽  
Ирина Викторовна Белинцева

Cтатья посвящена описанию процесса проектирования и архитектурному анализу приходской церкви в Гроссенаспе (земля Шлезвиг-Гольштейн), связанной с историей российско-немецких отношений в XVIII в. Обстоятельства появления этого памятника отсылают к краткому и яркому периоду, когда Россия активно участвовала в решении судеб ряда немецких территорий, а российская императрица Екатерина II являлась регентом Голштинии при малолетнем сыне Павле, унаследовавшем от Петра III корону Гольштейн-Готторпа. Екатерина содействовала постройке храма, лично утвердив в 1771 г. проект архитектора Иоганна Адама Рихтера (1733-1813) и оказав финансовую помощь приходу. В знак признательности церковь была торжественно освящена в честь Святой Екатерины в сентябре 1772 г. в присутствии обер-камергера герцога Гольштейн-Готторпского Каспара фон Сальдерна (1711-1788), талантливого и ловкого дипломата, активно участвовавшего в решении т. н. «Голштинского вопроса» во взаимоотношениях России и Дании. Позже Сальдерн, оказавшийся в результате интриг в опале, осел в перешедшей к Дании Голштинии - в 1774-1782 гг. обустроил усадьбу в Ширензее и семейную усыпальницу в Бордесхольме, недалеко от Гроссенаспе. Имея политическое влияние в регионе, он немало способствовал постройке рассматриваемой церкви в Гроссенаспе, обеспечив помощь со стороны российской императрицы. Церковь является одновременно и типичным, и относительно редким в северной Германии образцом протестантской церковной архитектуры периода барокко. В основе постройки октагональный кирпичный неоштукатуренный объем, перекрытый мансардной черепичной кровлей, с примыкающей с запада двухъярусной башней-колокольней. Выбор центрической модели был обусловлен спецификой протестантского богослужения и теоретическими поисками визуального воплощения лютеранского храма. На обновление церковной архитектуры протестантской части Германии повлияли теоретические воззрения и увражи Леонарда Кристофа Штурма (1669-1719) и других архитекторов. Рассматривается архитектурно-исторический контекст памятника, анализируется круг причастных к его сооружению заказчиков и архитекторов. The subjects of this articles are the history of construction and architectural analysis of the parish church at Grossenaspe (the land of Schleswig-Holstein), connected with the history of Russian-German relations in the 18th century. The circumstances of the appearance of this monument refer to a brief and bright period, when Russia actively participated in deciding the fate of a number of German territories, and Russian empress Catherine II was regent of Golsch Under Tor. Catherine facilitated the construction of the temple, personally approving in 1771 the project of architect Johann Adam Richter (1733-1813) and providing financial assistance to the parish. As a sign of gratitude, the church was solemnly consecrated in honor of St. Catherine in September 1772 in the presence of the ober-chamberlain Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Kaspar von Saldern (1711-1788), a talented and skillful diplomat who actively participated in the solution of the so-called “Golstein question” in the relations between Russia and Denmark. Later Saldern, who was disgraced as a result of intrigues, settled in Golschtinia, which passed to Denmark. In 1774-1782 he set up an estate in Shirensee and a family stump in Bordesholm, near Grossenaspe. With his political influence in the region, he contributed greatly to the construction of the church in Grossenaspe, ensuring support from the Russian empress. The church is both a typical as well as a relatively rare model in northern Germany of the Protestant church architecture of the Baroque period. The basis of the construction is the octagonal brick non-stucco volume, covered with mansard tile roof, with two-tier bell tower adjacent from the west. The choice of a centric model was due to the specifics of Protestant worship and theoretical searches for the visual embodiment of the Lutheran temple. The renewal of the church architecture of the Protestant part of Germany was influenced by the theoretical views and ouvrages of Leonard Christoph Sturm (1669-1719) and other architects. In the article the architectural and historical context of the monument is considered and the circle of customers and architects involved in its construction is analyzed.


1983 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 778
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Levin ◽  
Enrique Dussel ◽  
Alan Neely
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