By: Katerina

Katerina — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:38:47 +0000

You know what, that is a question that kept coming up in my mind as I read the book I mention throughout the essay. The author’s argument is that Mexican Catholicism was essentially pre-Tridentine in its practice, because the colonists came right before the reforms of the Council of Trent and the reforms themselves never really trickled down in Latin America. So the “rigidity” of the Catholic Church in America, which was very much Tridentine in its practice, resulted in a clash of religious practices once Latin American immigrants started coming in. That being said, I’m very interested as to his theory of how Catholicism was in the Americas and how strong it is… I have glanced a couple of book titles in Amazon that trace the history of Christianity in Latin America. One of them is by Justo Gonzalez. I think that would be a good way to start in order to appreciate the impact of Vatican II in the Latin American Church. Interesting stuff..!

By: Henry Karlson

Henry Karlson — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:19:30 +0000

How much of the diversity was already established in the Americas long before Vatican II? Do you think was always there but only officially affirmed because of Vatican II? I find a lot of it is the case with Native Americans in the United States. They were, to be sure, being given conflicted responses by the Church: sone were engaging inculturation, others were trying to force them to become just like the white man. The story of Black Elk and his family is interesting and telling in regards to this.

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By: Katerina

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