{"id":51,"date":"2021-03-06T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/500yoc.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:53:23","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/500yoc.com\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(118,159,193,0.48)” background_color_gradient_end=”#ffffff” background_color_gradient_direction=”194deg” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||50px||false|false”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”39px” header_line_height=”1.2em” width=”80%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”50px||||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]\n

The Philippines: Arsenal of Faith, Deposit of Christianity in the East<\/strong><\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” width=”80%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||30px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

By Felipe Salvosa II<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” width=”80%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false”]\n

The story of the Philippines is the story of the Church\u2019s \u201cmost successful missionary effort in Asia\u201d (Bokenkotter, 2005). Like the proverbial grain of the mustard seed sown in fertile earth, the growth and development of the Church and the Philippines were the fruits of the labors of missionary friars, sustained by an indigenous clergy, and made vibrant by a faithful people. Jesuit historian Fr. John Schumacher writes: \u201cWhether one is a believing Catholic or not, the development of the Filipino nation cannot be understood without a knowledge of the major, often decisive role that the Church has played, well or ill, in that process, and continues to play.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,1_5,1_5,1_5,1_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px||50px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#0a0101″ background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_image=”https:\/\/500yoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Planting-of-the-First-Cross-by-Vicente-Manansala.jpg”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIyNyJ9fQ==@” header_2_text_shadow_style=”preset2″]\n

I.\u00a0 <\/strong>Spain conquers the Philippines with the Cross of Christ<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/500yoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Churches-at-the-center-of-civic-life-Paoay-Ilocos-Norte.jpg”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”40px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI1NSJ9fQ==@” header_2_text_shadow_style=”preset2″]\n

II.\u00a0 <\/strong>A Church established by missionary zeal<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/500yoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/San-Lorenzo-Ruiz-and-companion-martyrs-offering-the-Mass-with-Japanese-Christians-San-Miguel-Corp..jpg”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” background_position=”top_right” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”40px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI1NyJ9fQ==@” header_2_text_shadow_style=”preset2″]\n

III.\u00a0 <\/strong>Spiritual life flourishes among Filipinos<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/500yoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bishops-of-the-Philippines-in-1937.jpg”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”50px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI1OSJ9fQ==@” header_2_text_shadow_style=”preset2″]\n

IV.\u00a0 <\/strong>A Filipino clergy emerges<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(22,4,4,0.55)” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/500yoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/33rd-International-Eucharistic-Congress-Feb.-3-7-1937.jpg”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”50px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI2MSJ9fQ==@” header_2_text_shadow_style=”preset2″]\n

V.\u00a0 <\/strong>A missionary church for Asia and the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||50px||false|false”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”39px” header_line_height=”1.2em” width=”80%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”50px||||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]\n

Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” width=”80%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false”]\n

Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alarcon, R.A. (2009). The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Jorge Barlin: A New Phase in Philippine Church History. Philippiniana Sacra XLIV<\/em>(131), 383-408.<\/p>\n

Arcilla, J. (1998). An Introduction to Philippine History<\/em> (4th<\/sup> edition, enlarged). Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press.<\/p>\n

_____. ed. (2006). Unknown Aspects of the Philippine Revolution<\/em>. Makati: St. Pauls Philippines.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez, L. (2010). Domingo de Salazar, O.P.: First Bishop of the Philippines, 1512-1594 (A Study of His Life and Work)<\/em>. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez, L., Su\u00f1ga, E., Santos, R. & de Jesus, A. (1999). The Archdiocese of Manila: A Pilgrimage in Time (1565-1999)<\/em>. Manila: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila.<\/p>\n

Schumacher, J. (1979). Readings in Philippine Church History<\/em>. Quezon City: Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University.<\/p>\n

_____. (1999). Father Jose Burgos: A Documentary History<\/em> (with Spanish Documents and their Translation)<\/em>. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.<\/p>\n

_____. (2009). Growth and Decline: Essays on Philippine Church History<\/em>. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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