Colección de las ordenanzas que para el Gobierno de el Obispado de Michoacan Hicieron y promulgaron con Real Aprobación sus Illmos. Señores Prelados. de buena memoria, D FR Marcos Ramirez de Prado, y

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Author: Marcos R amirez de Prado y Ovando (1592-1667) Year: 1776 Publisher: Ramirez de Prado y Ovando Marcos (1592-1667) and Juan de Ortega Montanez Place: Mexico City Description: [14]+88+81-284 pages. Octavo (8" x 6 1/4") bound in contemporary vellum housed in a custom made enclosure. Edited by Francisco Casillas y Cabrera. (Medina Mexico 5923; Palau 247176, 56598; Sabin 67658) updated and comprehensive account of the Bishopric of Michoacán, containing the edicts published by Fray Marcos Ramirez de Prado in 1642 and Fray Juan de Ortega Montanez in 1685. Comprehensive account of the Bishopric of Michoacán are provided by these Ordenanzas , originally published in 1685 and brought up to date in this revised edition by Casillas y Cabrera, Oficio mayor de la Secretar­a del Obispado. They contain both the Ordenanzas issued in 1642 by Fr. Marcos Ramirez de Prado, bishop of Michoacan 1639-1666, and the much more extensive and detailed Ordenanzas issued by Juan de Ortega Montanez, bishop of Michoacan, Inquisitor of the Tribunal del Santo Oficio de Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain. Ramirez and Ortega Montanez were concerned with the relationship between the clergy and the secular authorities, the reform of abuses and the need for the clergy to be above reproach, especially in their dealings with the Indians. Both bishops devote special sections to the natives. Their instructions were designed both to provide protection for the Indians. Procedures were laid down for dealing with nativ

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