Second Mexican Provincial Council Explained

The Second Mexican Provincial Council was a 1565 provincial council of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Mexico.

Topics

Alonso de Montúfar, the archbishop of Mexico, convened the council on November 8, 1565.^[1] A major topic was the implementation of the decrees of the Council of Trent.^[2]

The council petitioned Philip II of Spain to reduce the number of Indians allowed to work as musicians.^[3] It reiterated the decree of the First Mexican Provincial Council that natives could not be ordained as priests.^[4] Seminarians were instructed to own the Spanish; Castilian: Manual de confesores y penitentes of Martín de Azpilcueta.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Dussel . Enrique . A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492-1979) . 1981 . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing . 978-0-8028-2131-7 . 56 . en.
2. Book: Claassen . Cheryl . Ammon . Laura . Religion in Sixteenth-Century Mexico: A Guide to Aztec and Catholic Beliefs and Practices . 10 February 2022 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-009-00631-6 . 54 . en.
3. Book: Music in Aztec & Inca Territory . University of California Press . Stevenson . Robert . 169 . en.
4. Book: O'Hara . Matthew D. . A Flock Divided: Race, Religion, and Politics in Mexico, 1749–1857 . 2010 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-4639-5 . 74 . en.
5. Book: Galindo . Rex . Bragagnolo . Manuela . The Production of Knowledge of Normativity in the Age of the Printing Press: Martín de Azpilcueta’s Manual de Confessores from a Global Perspective . 22 January 2024 . Brill . 978-90-04-68704-2 . 330 . en.