Introducing Tridentine Marriage: The Jesuits’ Strategy in Japan (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)

This article discusses the way the Jesuits introduced the sacrament of marriage in Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the wake of the major reforms enacted at the Council of Trent. Rigorous implementation of the Church’s regulations was impractical in a society in which the institu...

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Main Author: Vu Thanh, Hélène
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Source:Rechtsgeschichte-Legal History, ISSN 1619-4993, Nº 27, 2019, pags. 143-151
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00013740972020-04-14Introducing Tridentine Marriage: The Jesuits’ Strategy in Japan (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)Vu Thanh, HélèneJesuitsJapanmarriageTridentine reformsThis article discusses the way the Jesuits introduced the sacrament of marriage in Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the wake of the major reforms enacted at the Council of Trent. Rigorous implementation of the Church’s regulations was impractical in a society in which the institution of marriage was far removed from the Christian ideal and where Christians were a vulnerable minority. Concerned about the negative impact on conversions, the Japanese mission initiated a genuine dialogue with several Iberian theologians and with Rome. The article analyses the exchanges of questions and answers, showing how the various actors managed to somehow reconcile the Rome’s concern to impose its rules globally with the Jesuit mission’s pragmatic approach, in keeping with its policy of accommodation.2019text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7324202(Revista) ISSN 1619-4993Rechtsgeschichte-Legal History, ISSN 1619-4993, Nº 27, 2019, pags. 143-151engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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This article discusses the way the Jesuits introduced the sacrament of marriage in Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the wake of the major reforms enacted at the Council of Trent. Rigorous implementation of the Church’s regulations was impractical in a society in which the institution of marriage was far removed from the Christian ideal and where Christians were a vulnerable minority. Concerned about the negative impact on conversions, the Japanese mission initiated a genuine dialogue with several Iberian theologians and with Rome. The article analyses the exchanges of questions and answers, showing how the various actors managed to somehow reconcile the Rome’s concern to impose its rules globally with the Jesuit mission’s pragmatic approach, in keeping with its policy of accommodation.
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