Includes index

Contents

The Spanish Church in the Indies--The ages discovery--The Papal Bulls--Justice to the Indians--Christianity comes to the Philippines--Pre-Hispanic Filipino religion--Beginnings of Evangelization--Organization of the Church, 1579-1595--The Struggle for Justice--Augustinians vs Conquistadores--The Synod of Manila defends the Filipinos--Bishop Salazar as champion of Filipino Rights--Acceptance of Spanish sovereignty--Evangelization--Methods and motives--Obstacle to Christianization--Adaptation to Filipino Culture--Building the Christian community--Success of the first 50 years--Obstacles and set backs--Resistance in the South--The Dutch wars, 1600-1648--Disruption of the Christian communities in Luzon--The "Moro wars" in the Visayas--Jurisdictional struggles--Church vs State--Bishops vs religious orders--Episcopal visitation enforced--The established church 1620-1760--Education -- Works of charity--The Church in Manila----The Church in the Provinces--Missionaries and vernacular literature--The Church and material development--Missionary outreach--Development of a Filipino Clergy--Initial obstacles--Hesitant beginnings, 1720-1767--Twisted growth, 1767-1820--Political suspicion, 1820-1872--The Nationalist clergy, 1849-1872--The Church and Filipino Nationalism-- Nineteenth-century religious conditions--The antifriar character of the nationalist movement--Church policy of the revolutionary government--The Filipino Clergy and the revolution--The Church in disarray--A Church without leadership, 1899-1903--The coming of Protestantism--The Aglipay schism--Adjusting to a new order--Reorganization of the Church, 1903-1910--The Church of the defensive, 1910-1925--Adaptation and resurgence, 1925-1941--War and destruction, 1941-1945--Source--Appendices--Glossary--Suggestions for further reading--Index--Maps and figures

Missionaries and vernacular literature