From diocese to parliament if does ultramontanismo: D. José, a political bishop in the amazon nineteenth century

Abstract

Relations between church and state were worn in clashes of worldviews in the course of the nineteenth century, resulting in the breaking of the covenant throne-altar, with a progressive increase in the search for the autonomy of the Church. However, this tension between the two powers had not yet overflowed during the 40s and 50s, particularly in the Amazon. They shared the members of the Catholic Church from the state management exercise by means of elections and confirmation in the regular functions of public bookkeeping in the parish books, as in the provision of pastoral and symbolic services. This study aims to demonstrate the intervention of D. José Afonso de Moraes Torres, continuer in the Diocese of Pará the feature of conservative Catholicism in tune with the Holy See, in line with the introduction of ultramontanism of theses underway in Brazil. This pastoret took care of deploying Catholic reform measures to give greater emphasis to the sacraments, as evidenced by his performance when he was a member of the national parliament.

Keywords

• D. José
• church
• policy
• Ultramontanism