San Pedro Sacatepéquez (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo sakateˈpekes]) is a town, with a population of 36,932 (2018 census),[2] and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. According to the 1998 edition of The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, its elevation is 6,890 ft (2,100 m) and it is a market center. Its economy is based on manufacturing, including tile making and textiles, and agriculture, including the cultivation of corn, black beans, and vegetables.[3]
Order of Preachers convent during Guatemala Spanish colony and their approximate areas
After the conquest, the Spanish crown focused on the Catholic indoctrination of the natives. Human settlements founded by royal missionaries in the New World were called "Indian doctrines" or simply "doctrines". Originally, friars had only temporary missions: teach the Catholic faith to the natives, and then transfer the settlements to secular parishes, just like the ones that existed in Spain at the time; the friars were supposed to teach Spanish and Catholicism to the natives. And when the natives were ready, they could start living in parishes and contribute with mandatory tithing, just like the people in Spain.[4]
But this plan never materialized, mainly because the Spanish crown lost control of the regular orders as soon as their friars set course to America. Shielded by their apostolic privileges granted to convert natives into Catholicism, the missionaries only responded to their order local authorities, and never to that of the Spanish government or the secular bishops. The orders local authorities, in turn, only dealt with their own order and not with the Spanish crown. Once a doctrine had been established, the protected their own economic interests, even against those of the King and thus, the doctrines became Indian towns that remains unaltered for the rest of the Spanish colony.
The doctrines were founded at the friars discretion, given that they were completely at liberty to settle communities provided the main purpose was to eventually transfer it as a secular parish which would be tithing of the bishop. In reality, what happened was that the doctrines grew uncontrollably and were never transferred to any secular parish; they formed around the place where the friars had their monastery and from there, they would go out to preach to settlements that belong to the doctrine and were called "annexes", "visits" or "visit towns". Therefore, the doctrines had three main characteristics:
they were independent from external controls (both ecclesiastical and civilian )
The main characteristic of the doctrines was that they were run by a group of friars, because it made sure that the community system would continue without any issue when one of the members died.[5]
In 1638, the Order of Preachers split their large doctrines —which meant large economic benefits for them— in groups centered on each one of their six monasteries, and the San Pedro Sacatepéquez doctrine was moved under the Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala monastery jurisdiction:[6]
^ abBelaubre, Christopohe (2001). (PDF). Mesoamérica. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015.
^ ab. SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Bibliography
van Oss, Adriaan C. (1986). Catholic Colonialism: A Parish History of Guatemala, 1524-1821. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521527125.
January 29, 2023
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San Pedro Sacatepequez Spanish pronunciation sam ˈpedɾo sakateˈpekes is a town with a population of 36 932 2018 census 2 and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala According to the 1998 edition of The Columbia Gazetteer of the World its elevation is 6 890 ft 2 100 m and it is a market center Its economy is based on manufacturing including tile making and textiles and agriculture including the cultivation of corn black beans and vegetables 3 San Pedro SacatepequezMunicipalitySan Pedro SacatepequezLocation in GuatemalaCoordinates 14 41 0 N 90 38 0 W 14 68333 N 90 63333 W 14 68333 90 63333 Coordinates 14 41 0 N 90 38 0 W 14 68333 N 90 63333 W 14 68333 90 63333CountryGuatemalaDepartmentGuatemala DepartmentArea Total14 6 sq mi 37 9 km2 Elevation7 200 ft 2 200 m Population 2018 census 1 Total51 292 Density3 500 sq mi 1 400 km2 ClimateCwb Contents 1 Doctrine of Order of Preachers 2 Geographic location 3 Image gallery 4 See also 5 Notes and references 5 1 References 5 2 BibliographyDoctrine of Order of Preachers EditSee also Indian Reductions Order of Preachers coat of arms Santiago de Guatemala Amatitlan Verapaz Sacapulasclass notpageimage Order of Preachers convent during Guatemala Spanish colony and their approximate areas After the conquest the Spanish crown focused on the Catholic indoctrination of the natives Human settlements founded by royal missionaries in the New World were called Indian doctrines or simply doctrines Originally friars had only temporary missions teach the Catholic faith to the natives and then transfer the settlements to secular parishes just like the ones that existed in Spain at the time the friars were supposed to teach Spanish and Catholicism to the natives And when the natives were ready they could start living in parishes and contribute with mandatory tithing just like the people in Spain 4 But this plan never materialized mainly because the Spanish crown lost control of the regular orders as soon as their friars set course to America Shielded by their apostolic privileges granted to convert natives into Catholicism the missionaries only responded to their order local authorities and never to that of the Spanish government or the secular bishops The orders local authorities in turn only dealt with their own order and not with the Spanish crown Once a doctrine had been established the protected their own economic interests even against those of the King and thus the doctrines became Indian towns that remains unaltered for the rest of the Spanish colony The doctrines were founded at the friars discretion given that they were completely at liberty to settle communities provided the main purpose was to eventually transfer it as a secular parish which would be tithing of the bishop In reality what happened was that the doctrines grew uncontrollably and were never transferred to any secular parish they formed around the place where the friars had their monastery and from there they would go out to preach to settlements that belong to the doctrine and were called annexes visits or visit towns Therefore the doctrines had three main characteristics they were independent from external controls both ecclesiastical and civilian were run by a group of friars had a relatively larger number of annexes 4 The main characteristic of the doctrines was that they were run by a group of friars because it made sure that the community system would continue without any issue when one of the members died 5 In 1638 the Order of Preachers split their large doctrines which meant large economic benefits for them in groups centered on each one of their six monasteries and the San Pedro Sacatepequez doctrine was moved under the Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala monastery jurisdiction 6 Monastery DoctrinesGuatemala Chimaltenango Jocotenango Sumpango San Juan Sacatepequez San Pedro Sacatepequez Santiago Sacatepequez Rabinal San Martin Jilotepeque Escuintla Milpas Altas Milpas Bajas San Lucas Sacatepequez Barrio de Santo Domingo 6 Geographic location EditImage gallery Edit A view of the market area and church in San Pedro Sacatepequez in the mid 1980s A typical street scene in San Pedro Sacatepequez Guatemala Department in 1983 or 1984 See also Edit Guatemala portal Geography portal Chajoma List of places in Guatemala Guatemala DepartmentNotes and references EditReferences Edit Citypopulation de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala Citypopulation de Population of cities amp towns in Guatemala Cohen Saul Bernard 1998 The Columbia gazetteer of the world Columbia University Press ISBN 0 231 11040 5 a b van Oss 1986 p 53 van Oss 1986 p 54 a b Belaubre Christopohe 2001 Poder y redes sociales en Centroamerica el caso de la Orden de los Dominicos 1757 1829 PDF Mesoamerica 41 Archived from the original PDF on 21 January 2015 a b Municipios del departamento de Guatemala SEGEPLAN in Spanish Guatemala Archived from the original on 7 July 2015 Retrieved 22 July 2015 Bibliography Edit van Oss Adriaan C 1986 Catholic Colonialism A Parish History of Guatemala 1524 1821 Cambridge UK Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521527125 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title San Pedro Sacatepequez Guatemala amp oldid 1032036986, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
