EUGENE VALLES 10/14/22
BSCS 3RD
1.) Differentiate “FILIPINO,” “REGULAR PRIESTS”, and
“SECULARIZATION ISSUE”
The thought of being “genuinely Filipino” is just a concept to unite various peoples under the
nation of the Philippines. You are a Filipino if you are born in the country, most especially if your
parents are of Filipino citizenship.
It means that by their vows of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience, their lives are oriented in a
special way to the virtue of religion so that all they do becomes a continual act of the worship of
God. This is true of all religious, sisters and brothers as well as priests. Ordinarily they live and
pray in community.
A major issue in the study of secularization is the extent to which certain trends such as decreased
attendance at places of worship indicate a decrease in religiosity or simply a privatization of
religious belief, where religious beliefs no longer play a dominant role in public life or in other
aspects of decision making.
2. Discuss the stand of the regular priest and secular priest in relation to the
administration of Philippine Provinces
REGULAR CLERGY
The regular clergy worked under a set of provisions different from the traditional pattern long
established in the Old World. They depended for their support not on the charity of the
surrounding population, but on their legal position in relation to the Spanish crown and the
administrators of the new colony. The privileges of patronato real had been granted to the King of
Spain by a papal bull of 1508, which gave him the right to collect tithes, maintain the secular and
regular church systems, and nominate candidates to the various religious offices within the New
World. The Crown selected the mendicant orders to carry out the duties of the church in the new
colony, funded by the crown. In 1524 the first contingent of twelve Franciscans arrived in Mexico to
begin converting the Indians. By 1559, 80 Franciscan friaries housing 380 friars had been
established.
SECULAR CLERGY
The secular clergy slowly increased in number and quality from about 1550 to 1570. In 1574 a royal
order placed the mendicant orders under the control of the Viceroy and the diocese, and a decree of
1583 made it clear that the secular clergy would receive preference in Mexico. By the end of the
16th century, the progressive secularization of Indian parishes gave the regular clergy only two
choices: retire from the world into their remaining conventual retreats, or take on new conversions
at the edges of the colonial world.
3. If the word “PROPAGANDA” means to give out information, analyzed why
the secularization issue became a crucial point in the Propaganda Period of
Philippine History
Propaganda Movement was a reform movement aimed at reforming the Filipino society,
government, and church initiated by Filipino expatriates in Europe in the 19th century. They
sought to achieve their end by educating people through books, leaflets, pamphlets, newspaper
articles, etc. The prominent members of the movement were Jose Rizal, Marcelo H del Pilar,
Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Mariano Ponce. One of their aims was also secularization.
List down the changes that occurred in the Philippines into three columns labeled as Political
Aspect,Economic Aspect, and Socio-cultural Aspect and explain how these changes affected
Filipino lives
Political Aspect
T h e S p a n i a r d s r u l e d t h e Filipinos in the 19th century.T h e F i l i p i n o s b e c a m e t h e
Spaniard’s slave.
The Spaniards claimed their taxes and they worked under the power of the Spaniards.
Sources of Abusesin the Administrative System
Economic aspect
The country was opened to foreign trade at theend of the 18th century which resulted in
ther a p i d r i s e o f f o r e i g n f i r m s i n M a n i l a .
T h i s stimulated agricultural production and export of sugar, rice hemp and tobacco.
The number of families which prospered fromforeign commerce and trade were able to sendtheir
sons for an education in Europe. Filipinoswho were educated abroad were able to absorbthe
intellectual development in Europe.
Socio-Cultural Aspect
T h e F i l i p i n o s i n t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y h a d suffered from feudalistic and master slave
relationship by the Spaniards. Their socialstructure is ranked into three groups
Highest class– the people that belong in this classinclude the Spaniards, peninsulares and
the [Link] have the power and authority to rule over theFilipinos. They enjoyed their
positions and do whatthey want.
