L8.3 | Philippine Colonial History

Spain and Portugal

Two leading spain monarchies in Europe tried to outdo one another through ocean navigation and conquest

Pope Alexander VI

Issued Papal Bulls

Papal Bulls

Divides the world into a hunting ground for the conquest of non-Christians.

May 3&4 1493

When was Papal Bulls issued?

Inter Caetera (1943)

The bull(s) itself does not dictate the course of events that eventually led to the colonization of the Philippines because the two bulls ‘carry deliberately falsified dates, and one of them isn’t really a bull but a top-secret apostolic brief.

Frailocracia

It is a system of ‘invisible’ government that uses the Church and its tenets for personal gain which gives them more power than the government

Native Filipinos

They became collateral damage for the ‘friction’ between the corporation of the friars and the captaincy general.

Religious Orders

They played a vital role not only in propagating the Christian faith among the natives of the archipelago but also in the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Filipinos making them the ‘real conquistadors’ during the colonial period.

Augustinians

They were the first missionaries to arrive in the Philippines in 1565

Seal of the Order of Saint Augustine

Patronato Real

With this power, the government appoints and pays for the salaries of the friars (from the archbishops down to the bishops and parish priests) and allocates funds for churches, schools, and charities run by the religious orders.

Roman Catholic Church

Kingdom of Aragon & Castille

Roman Catholic Archdioces e of Manila and Captaincy General of the Philippines

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila,

The most powerful religious official in the country.

Parish Priest

The most powerful figure in a town or pueblo – feared, obeyed, and respected