Controversies on poverty: Franciscans and Jesuits and the missions financing strategies in colonial Brazil

Poverty, a fundamental value for Franciscans and Jesuits, the religious orders that began their missionary work in Brazil in the sixteenth century, became a controversial theme when financing strategies of missionary activity were established. Originally founded as mendicant orders, specific charact...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Conde Sangenis, Luiz Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/14486
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/14486
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:poverty
Franciscans
Jesuits
religious orders
financing of missions
Colonial Brazil
Pobreza
franciscanos
jesuítas
ordens religiosas
financiamento das missões
Brasil colonial
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Sumario:Poverty, a fundamental value for Franciscans and Jesuits, the religious orders that began their missionary work in Brazil in the sixteenth century, became a controversial theme when financing strategies of missionary activity were established. Originally founded as mendicant orders, specific characteristics led them to divergent methods. Franciscanism is used by the Jesuits as a metaphor of what they do not intend to take as a methodological, administrative and missiological parameter. The Jesuit discourse makes believe that the Gospel will be as more effective as it can count on the material resources coming from productive and commercial activities, under the administration of the Company.