The Road to an Agreement on Missions: The Quarrel between Portugal and the Holy See Regarding the Missionary Policy for the Portuguese Empire in Africa (c.1880–1910)
Throughout the nineteenth century, Portugal demanded recognition of the so-called ‘historical rights of the Royal Patronage’ by the Holy See as part of its missionary policy for Africa. These claims promptly led to a prolonged conflict over the action of the Propaganda Fide and Portuguese missionary...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 86-110 |
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Portugal
/ Africa
/ Catholic church, Sancta Sedes
/ Mission (international law
/ Politics
/ Imperialism
/ History 1880-1910
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| IxTheo Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBH Iberian Peninsula KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology SA Church law; state-church law |
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Empire
B Africa B Concordat B Holy See B Portugal B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | Throughout the nineteenth century, Portugal demanded recognition of the so-called ‘historical rights of the Royal Patronage’ by the Holy See as part of its missionary policy for Africa. These claims promptly led to a prolonged conflict over the action of the Propaganda Fide and Portuguese missionary achievements. While Lisbon feared the denationalization of missionary work, Rome was concerned about Portugal’s internal policies on religious matters and its perceived inabilities to deal with the missionary challenges of the time, especially the Protestant competition over African hearts and minds. This text follows the discussions between Portugal and the Holy See over the missionary question, examining their confrontational and, apparently, irreconcilable positions, and the attempts made to regulate the exercise of the Royal Patronage through a concordat that became impossible to reach until the conclusion of a fragile and arguable modus vivendi concluded just before the implantation of the Republican regime in 1910. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340200 |