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Jul 21 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
#TodayinHistory in 1587, the first batch of the Dominicans, a mendicant order of Catholic priests, arrived at the port in Cavite to establish their order in the Philippines. THREAD. #history #kasaysayan #PH Image
Founded in the year 1216 in France by Dominic of Osma (St. Dominic), the Dominicans (known as the Order of Preachers, or OP) were some of the leading scholars of Europe's Middle Ages. After the Augustinians, Franciscans, and Jesuits, they arrived in #PH #onthisday in 1587. ImageImage
Although this group was not the 1st of the order to have arrived, as Domingo de Salazar, the first archbishop of Manila, & Cristóbal de Salvatierra, preceded them in 1581, the objective of this group of 15 men was to establish the order in #PH, sent to Bataan & Pangasinan.
It is believed that the impact of the Dominican movement on the Spanish court shaped the policy of the early Spanish colonization of #PH, w/c had been relatively less violent if compared to the Spanish conquest of Mexico & Peru.
In 1588, the Santo Domingo Church & convent was established in Manila (#Intramuros) #PH. ImageImage
Just prior to #PH Revolution, the Dominicans, as well as other orders, acquired lands, making Spanish friars politically powerful. The Rizals, for ex., were evicted after being defeated from a case vs. the Dominican ownership of land in Calamba.
The Dominicans figured much in #PH history. They published 1 of the earliest books in #PH—Doctrina Christiana (1593). They also founded the oldest existing university in Asia, @UST1611official. They also made #PH a base for missionary activity in Asia.
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- The Dominicans in Piat, Cagayan, c. 1875-1880
- OP Coat of Arms, Guy de Vaux O.S.B.
- Dominic of Osma by El Greco (c. 1600)
- Exterior/Interior of Santo Domingo Church, c. 1920-40, John Tewell
- Cover of the Doctrina Christiana (1593), by Juan de Placencia OP
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