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

Uniform Title: Directorio para confesores y penitentes. English
Published: Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
Copyright Date: ©2018
Physical Description: ix, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Poole, Stafford and Schwaller, John Frederick

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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 -- Part 1. Examination That Is to Be Made for Candidates to Be Confessors -- Part 2. Direction for Confessors and Penitents.

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"--

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ISBN

9780806159843 hardcover
0806159847 hardcover

Note

Translated from the Spanish.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-345) and index.

Endowment Note

The Hastings Libraries Endowment

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