TO CONFESS, YES. BUT NOT EVERYTHING: THE IGNATIAN DISCOURSE ABOUT CONFESSION IN THE JESUITIC REDUCTIONS

Authors

  • Guilherme Galhegos Felippe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.5912

Keywords:

Jesuitic reductions, Sacramental confession, XVII century.

Abstract

The Jesuitic reductions in Paraguay were characterized for establishing a place of direct and continuous contact between Christianity and the natives. The priests seeked to offer Indians guidance on an everyday basis to the Christian life through masses, preaching, teaching and sacraments. Sacramental confession, above all else, had a fundamental role since it served not only as a way of redemption to the sinners, but also as a way for priests to keep themselves informed about the progress of evangelization in the reductional environment: they believed that the more confessions that were performed, the more widespread would Christian religion be in native life. The present article will analyze how the assimilation of the sacrament came to be among the Indians and how Ignatian discourse adapts itself to the difficulties that arise.

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Author Biography

Guilherme Galhegos Felippe

Possui Mestrado em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, tendo como foco de pesquisa a análise discursiva resultante do contato ocorrido entre jesuítas e indígenas.

Published

2008-12-31

How to Cite

FELIPPE, Guilherme Galhegos. TO CONFESS, YES. BUT NOT EVERYTHING: THE IGNATIAN DISCOURSE ABOUT CONFESSION IN THE JESUITIC REDUCTIONS. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 2, n. 2, p. 124, 2008. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.5912. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/5912. Acesso em: 14 oct. 2026.

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