[from the country]. Nuns have also been persecuted. The archdiocesan radio station and educational institutions that are Catholic or of a Christian inspiration have been attacked, threatened, intimidated, even
It is one of the most important examples of the Counter-Reformation style of Baroque sculpture, designed to convey spiritual aspects of the Catholic faith. Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor DeiMaster of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvasAs the Angels was one of...
1. Introduction In Compendiosa Relación de la Cristiandad, published in 1773, Bernardo Recio provides a detailed account of shrines in different provinces of the Real Audiencia de Quito that housed miraculous images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and saints (Recio [1773] 1947, pp. 293–303).1...
In this case, however, the author is more explicit in suggesting the role played by the image in the establishment of the reducción. According to the Anales, in 1597, a terrible famine had afflicted the Indigenous community. Determined to flee from the Catholic religion, and not just ...