A Visit to the Philippine Islands
A Visit to the Philippine Islands

Author: D F R S Sir John Bowring LL

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780342175352

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A Visit to the Philippine Islands
A Visit to the Philippine Islands

Author: D F R S Sir John Bowring LL

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9781297698200

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A Visit to the Philippine Islands. [With Plates.] - Scholar's Choice Edition
A Visit to the Philippine Islands. [With Plates.] - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author: John Bowring, Sir

Publisher: Scholar's Choice

Published: 2015-02-14

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9781298018694

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A Visit to the Philippine Islands
A Visit to the Philippine Islands

Author: John Bowring

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781230052823

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...reach to the extremest points in which any of the forms or semblances of Christianity are to be discovered. Volumes upon volumes--the folio records of the proceedings of the different religious orders, little known to Protestant readers--fill the library shelves of these Catholic establishments, which are the receptacles of their religious history. The most extensively influential brotherhood in the Philippines is that of the Augustines (Agostinos Calzados), who administer to the cure of more than a million and a half of souls. The barefooted Augustines (Agostinos Descalzos, or Recoletos) claim authority over about one-third of this number. The Dominicans occupy the next rank, and their congregations are scarcely less numerous than those of the barefooted Augustines. Next come the Franciscans, who are supposed to rank with the Dominicans in the extent of their authority. Independently of the monastic orders and the superior ecclesiastic authorities, there are but a small number of parochial or secular clergy in the Philippines. On occasions of installations under the "royal seal," the ceremonies take place in the church of the Augustines, the oldest in Manila, where also the regimental flags receive their benediction, and other public civil festivals are celebrated. A convent is attached to the church. Both the regular Augustines and the Recoletos receive pecuniary assistance from the State. The Franciscans rank next to the Augustines in the number of their clergy. A source of influence possessed by the friars, and from which a great majority of civil functionaries are excluded, is the mastery of the native languages. All the introductory studies of ecclesiastical aspirants are dedicated to this object. No doubt they have great...