Carta del P. Carlos Turcotti de la Compania de Jesús en Cantón para el comisario de San Francisco

The exchange involves a correspondence between Father Carlos Turcotti, a Jesuit in Canton, and Father Commissary Fray Jaime Tarin of the Order of Saint Francis concerning a dispensation granted by the Bishop of Macao. The Bishop allowed new converts in the provinces of Canton and Guangxi to eat meat on the first two days of the Chinese New Year, which fell on Friday and Saturday. Father Turcotti sought confirmation from the missionaries about following this dispensation. In response, Father Commissary Tarin expressed that the jurisdiction and authority of apostolic vicars were still valid until officially revoked by Rome, hence indicating that decisions like dispensations should be communicated to a local vicariate for an appropriate judgment. Father Turcotti disagreed with the idea that the bishop's authority could be dismissed, leading him to renounce his title and role. He conveyed his surprise at the stance of the missionaries, given the explicit papal authority granted to the Bishop, questioning their reasoning and expressing his disillusionment with the situation. This text is in the volume with the title "PERTENECE AL/Aparador fuera de la Pared/Cajón/Númber 4/ITALONES Y CHINA/Legajos 1. /2./ 3./ 4./ 5. The volume was compiled by Pedro Orense.
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es Carta del P. Carlos Turcotti de la Compania de Jesús en Cantón para el comisario de San Francisco
en Letter from Father Carlos Turcotti of the Society of Jesus in Cantón to the commissioners of Saint Francis
Description
The exchange involves a correspondence between Father Carlos Turcotti, a Jesuit in Canton, and Father Commissary Fray Jaime Tarin of the Order of Saint Francis concerning a dispensation granted by the Bishop of Macao. The Bishop allowed new converts in the provinces of Canton and Guangxi to eat meat on the first two days of the Chinese New Year, which fell on Friday and Saturday. Father Turcotti sought confirmation from the missionaries about following this dispensation. In response, Father Commissary Tarin expressed that the jurisdiction and authority of apostolic vicars were still valid until officially revoked by Rome, hence indicating that decisions like dispensations should be communicated to a local vicariate for an appropriate judgment. Father Turcotti disagreed with the idea that the bishop's authority could be dismissed, leading him to renounce his title and role. He conveyed his surprise at the stance of the missionaries, given the explicit papal authority granted to the Bishop, questioning their reasoning and expressing his disillusionment with the situation. This text is in the volume with the title "PERTENECE AL/Aparador fuera de la Pared/Cajón/Númber 4/ITALONES Y CHINA/Legajos 1. /2./ 3./ 4./ 5. The volume was compiled by Pedro Orense.
Number of pages
4
Date of creation
d. 15 January 1696; Tarin’s reply to Turcotti, d. 20 January 1696; and Turcotto’s lengthy rejoinder, which is undated [?1696]
Author
Carlos Turcotti
Holding Institution of Original Materials
The Lilly Library, Indiana University
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VAD6896-U-00001_00276-00279
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The Lilly Library, Indiana University
Holding Archive Reference Number
RC_LLMC_000031 Carta del P. Carlos Turcotti de la Compania de Jesús en Cantón para el comisario de San Francisco
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RC_LLMC_000031 Carta del P. Carlos Turcotti de la Compania de Jesús en Cantón para el comisario de San Francisco
Source of Acquisition
Philippine mss-Bound 1: Sotheby 511. Vol. 1./ Harper 21524/ Phillipps 8293 & 8469. Digital File VAD6896-U_00001
Context Description
[Fray Jaime Tarin]. Contains copies ina very neat small hand, of Turcotti’s letter to Tarin, d. 15 January 1696; Tarin’s reply to Turcotti, d. 20 January 1696; and Turcotto’s lengthy rejoinder, which is undated [?1696]. All in Spanish and on Chinese paper. An argument over whether the Bishop of Macao or the Vicar-Apostolic had the right to grant Christian converts in South China permission to eat meat during the first two days of the Chinese New Year.
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Timeline Date
1696
Additional Title
Carta del P. Carlos Turcotti de la Compania de Jesús en Cantón para el comisario de San Francisco
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