A paróquia tridentina e sua implantação no Brasil colonial

Abstract

The reform of the Church was all imposed on the revitalization of  the “local churches”. For this reason, old methods were resumed, such as the pastoral visit and the diocesan synod, in view of the moralization of the clergy. In 1564, Pope Pius IV confirmed the Tridentine conciliar decrees by the bull Benedictus Deo and, in the same year, the Portuguese King, D. Sebastião, through his cardinal, D. Henrique, ordered “to give all the favor and help [...] for the execution of the decrees of the council ”. Gradually, the Portuguese archbishops and bishops began calling for synod meetings. All obeyed Session XXV, of the Council of Trent, which exhorted the congregants of the churches to observe everything that had been made available, making, for this, a profession of faith. For Brazil, the First Constitutions of the Archbishopric of Bahia (1707) were made, as a great gap in relation to the Portuguese counterparts - of the Metropolis and domains -, and, mainly, as for the Council of Trent. The purpose of this
article is to present the application of the Council of Trent, through the guidelines of the First Constitutions of the Archbishopric of Bahia, in some parishes of old villages in the gold region of Minas Gerais in the 18th century: Guarapiranga, Catas Altas and Antônio Pereira.