TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmitz,Josef,1925-
AU  - Volgelgesang, John 
TI  - The Abra mission in Northern Luzon, Philippines, 1598-1955: a historical study 
AV  - FIL BV 3380 .S36
U1  - FIL 266.2 
PY  - 1971///]
CY  - Cebu City
PB  - University of San carlos
KW  - Catholic Church in the Philippines
KW  - Mission
KW  - Abra
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Missions
N1  - Translation of Die Abra -Mission auf Nord Luzon, Philippine.
Von 1598-1955
; Includes bibliographical references; Contents; The Mission work in Abra during the Spanish Regime (1598-1898)--Preliminaries: the discovery of the Philippines and Spanish colonization--The beginning of Mission work in Abra--Breakthrough and standstill--Mission work in Abra in the 19th Century: The "Golden Age" of the Abra Mission--The secular clergy in Abra--Three hundred years of the Abra Mission as reflected statistics! 1598-1898--Retrospect--The Abra Mission from 1898 to 1909--Outbreak of the revolution and the expulsion of the Augustinians--The Christians orphaned-the non-Christians neglected--The American occupation and its consequences--Aglipay and the "Philippine Independent Church"--The Divine Word Missionaries in Abra--Negotiations with Father Arnold Janssen and Father Nicholas Blum (1904-1909)--The First missionaries in Abra: Father Louis Beckert and Father John Scheiermann--Development of the Mission to the beginning of the first World War -- The First World War and the expulsion of the Missionaries--Return of the Missionaries and the expansion--The "Abra question"- The contact with Bishop of Vigan--The Latest Development of Abra up to the Erection of the Prelature Nullius of Bangued (1923-1955)--Conclusion--Results and prospects
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