The Religious Structure Of The Philippines

One of the major and more difficult goals for the Spaniards was to convert the indigenous people to Christianity. The Indigenous religion was so strange to the Spaniards that they believed the indigenous were not as evolved or progressed as they were. When Cortes was writing back to the Spanish crown he dramatized the indigenous people as savages who needed to be converted to Christianity in order to be saved. In the book Religions of Mesoamerica David Carrasco explains how, “These beliefs and missionary efforts reflected the primary attitude of the Catholic Church that the native peoples were “souls to be saved” in a global process of conversion” (Carrasco 21). To achieve their goal or religious conversion the Spanish started missionaries where Franciscans

The Spanish conquistadores were sent out to convert foreigners into Catholicism, though they did no such thing. The natives welcomed the Spanish with open arms when they arrived. They also were compliant with the Spanish and were incredibly generous. The Spanish took advantage of the hospitality and that allowed them easier access to almost fully eliminate the natives. De las Casas described it as, “During these eleven years, more than two million souls have perished and, in an area of more than a hundred leagues by a hundred leagues,only two thousand survivors are to be seen, and even this number is shrinking day to day as the survivors succumb to the rigors of a life of slavery” (de las Casas 56). They took what gold the natives had even though de las Casas said “They were among the poorest people on the face of the Earth” (de las Casas

Because of this the pope require Spain to spread Catholicism around the Americas. The Spanish say that their main goal of colonization was to rescue the Indians from their barbaric ways, and to prevent them from becoming Protestants. They did not want to eliminate the Indians, instead they wanted to help change them into obedient Christians. Along with Spain's goal of

Many Christian missionaries tried to force Native American people to abandon traditional religious beliefs and practices (Mayo, 33). Christian missionaries would sometimes launch attacks on Native American religious institutions when forcing them to convert to Christianity did not work. These harmful attacks destroyed not only their temples and religious artifacts, but also a huge part of their culture.

One of the significant differences between the Spain and England was their role in religion. The Spanish wanted to spread the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world and unify the world in the belief of one God. After arriving to the New World in 1492, the Spanish forced indigenous people to convert to Catholicism. Dominican and Franciscan Friars were sent over to the New World to set up missions and to convert the natives. If the native people chose to disobey the Spanish orders and not convert to Catholicism, then natives would be killed by the Friars and

The Age of Exploration took place began in the 15th century and continued into the early 17th century. During this time many European and Spanish explorers navigated themselves to the New World. Upon arrival, they discovered the native people that populated the Americas. The Age of Exploration negatively affected the native people of the New World because Europeans and Spaniards forced Catholicism onto them, sold them into slavery, and tortured and killed them.

When the Spanish twelve first landed in Mexico their primary purpose was a religious conversion. In the letter, they were told, “you will for a long time endure such great hardships and continuous vigils” (Francisco de los Angeles P.1). This demonstrated that the Spanish knew that the conquest was going to be a struggle to convert the Natives who had their own idolatry beliefs. The Indigenous people were thought as being controlled by Satan, which is why they had expected them to rebel against the Catholic ways. However, to the Indigenous people were against it because they believed that their gods controlled the earth’s elements that had helped them stay alive. Things such as the sun, moon, rain, war, and etc. If they were to stop worshipping the gods they truly thought provided for them, then they would chance that their natural supplies would stop and the end of the world would come. The Spanish

As the Spanish conquered different parts of the world, they assumed that they were the most powerful and knowledgeable race. And that it was their duty to take charge of the places they conquered. This attitude is clearly present in Document 1, a letter to Charles V from Hernán Cortés. In this letter he states his disappointment in the Inca’s reaction to Christianity. By shutting down any suggestion of converting, they lost their chance to convert peacefully. Because of this, Cortes believes they would have to be convinced with force. Additionally in Document 3, “The Gold of the Indies”, it's shown that the Spanish are at the top of the social pyramid. Here it states that since the Spanish can’t force natives to work for them

The motivations found for the missions were founded upon colonizing the newfound territory. Instead of sending settlers, the Spanish catholic missions were used to convert the Native people to the Catholic faith. There were many expectations the Franciscan padres had on the natives. Through the conversion, the Spaniards were to “civilize” the natives in order to make them work in building and maintaining the missions. In order for the natives’ souls to be saved the Franciscan padres believed that the native people needed to be baptized and educated. Upon doing so, there was a cross-cultural clash in which the padres disrupted native traditions, which included religious beliefs. The catholic leaders saw the religions the natives practiced as pagan, and tainted with evil, and were therefor to be rid of (California

Although they belonged to the same religion, the Spanish forced the natives to revoke their old customs and adopt Catholicism, while the French were much more lenient on the conversion of natives. This was largely due to the Spanish Catholic zealotry developed from the Reconquista, a movement in which the Spanish tortured and exiled people in their country who were not devout Catholics. They viewed the Native Americans as nothing more than godless heathens, and dehumanized them as savages. The Spanish quickly worked to convert or destroy the Native Americans' way of life, and they reconciled their atrocities by thinking they were saving their souls from

The Philippines is a multi-ethnic country and is densely influenced by the Spanish. Roman Catholic is a common religion practiced within my family and are educated in strict, Catholic private schools. They celebrated religious activities such as Holy Week and Santa Cruzan in honor of the patron of saints. Ernaline was born in Manila, Philippines on October 22, 1973. She attended Angelicum School at age 13 and graduated high school at 16 years old. Her dad was a marine engineer, earning up to $80,000 a year, and her mother was a housewife. Ernesto studied marine engineering at Philippine Maritime Institute. Her father was deliberately away traveling the world and came to see them for only about three times a year while her mother tended to all their needs with the help of maids. I am raised as a devout Catholic and currently

The greed for gold and the race for El Dorado were the main inducements of the Spaniards who, at the peril of their lives, crossed the ocean in unfit vessels in a mad pursuit after the gold and all other precious property of the Indians” (Peace 479). The royal rulers of Spain made it a rule that nothing would jeopardize their ability to rob the land from the native people of Latin America. The missionary process, “had to be encouraged, but the missionaries could not be permitted to dominate the colony at the cost of royal rule” (Gibson 76). The European governments established missionaries to cleanse their minds of any guilt aroused by the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children. When European “ships arrived in the 16th century to colonize the land and exploit its natural resources, they killed indigenous people and brought black slaves from Africa. Millions of indigenous people were slain and their cultures completely destroyed by the process of colonization” (Ribero). The overall devastations caused by the Christianization of the native inhabitants created a blend of cultures within the indigenous civilizations which gradually isolated old native ways into a small population of oppressed people. The Christianized people became a symbol of loyalty to the European powers and were left alone simply on their religious status. This long term mission of total religious replacement caused very strong and advanced

The widespread of Christianity in Japan started because of Oda Nobunaga encouraged missionaries to convert many Japanese to Christians because he wanted to reduce the influence of Buddhist monasteries. However, his successors did not share the same view. Hideyoshi felt threaten by Christians, especially the Catholics because of several reasons. One of these reasons was that the Spaniards conquered the islands of Philippines (Watts). Another reason is that Hideyoshi felt threaten with the concept of foreign ruler that many Catholics recognized, the Catholic Pope. The tension finally escalated when Hideyoshi

There are numerous diverse cultures that reside on this planet, each display their own uniqueness, and significance to this world we live in. The Philippines are a great illustration of how many individuals of different cultures work together to create an astounding community. Much like the United States we are comprised of all varieties of ethnicities, and this essay will describe what it is like to live in the Philippines, but also what it is like for them to come to America, from personal research. It is vital that we have contrastive cultures on this earth, there are various ideas, discoveries, and resourceful, sharp citizens, which come from each one of these cultures. It is important to be different, and every person, no matter what culture, brings something exceptional to nature 's table.

The Philippines is a country deeply rooted in culture. The Army defines culture as a “dynamic social system” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and the norms of a “specific group, organization or society or other collectively” learned, shared, internalized, and changeable by all members of the society (FM 3-24 COUNTERINSURGENCY, 2006). Cultures have different characteristics which consist of shared, learned, symbols, integrated and dynamic.