HISTORY OF

THE
PHILIPPINE
CHURCH

THE HISTORY OF THE

PHILIPPINES IS THE STORY OF
THE CHURCHS MOST
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY
EFFORT IN ASIA
(BOKENKOTTER, 2005)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR

COUNTRY CAN BE BETTER
UNDERSTOOD BY LOOKING
AT THE DECISIVE ROLE OF
THE CHURCH WHICH BEGAN
WITH THE COMING OF
FERDINAND MAGELLAN IN
THE PHILIPPINES IN 1521

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

The Coming of the Spaniards headed by

Magellan

THE CROSS AND THE

CONVERSION OF THE FILIPINO
LEADERS
CATHOLICISM CAME TO THE
PHILIPPINES WITH THE
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF THE
ARCHIPELAGO

THE CROSS PLAYED AN

IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
CONVERSION OF THE FIRST
FILIPINO LEADER NAMES
RAJAH HUMABON AND HIS
WIFE HARAH AMIHAN OF
CEBU (THE CRADLE OF
CHRISTIANITY IN THE
PHILIPPINES)

THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF

THE MASS
ALONG WITH THE CONVERSION
OF RAJA HUMABON (CARLOS)
AND HARAH AMIHAN (JUANA)
WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE
HOLY MASS OFFICIATED BY FR.
PEDRO DE VALDERRAMA

NAMES GIVEN TO THE

PHILIPPINES
LAS ISLAS DE
PONIENTE (ISLAND TO THE
WEST).
LLHAS DO ORIENTE (ISLAND
TO THE EAST)

LAS ISLAS DE SAN

LAZARO(ST. LAZARUS
ISLANDS)
LAS ISLAS FELIPENAS (GIVEN
BY RUY LOPEZ DE
VILLALOBOS IN HONOR OF
PHILIP II OF SPAIN

RUY LOPEZ DE VILLALOBOS

LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS, OR

FILIPINAS (PHILIPPINES)
PEARL OF THE ORIENT/PEARL OF
THE ORIENT SEAS (PERLA DE
ORIENTE/PERLA DEL MAR DE
ORIENTE) (IDEA OF SPANISH
JESUIT MISSIONARY FR. JUAN J.
DELGADO in 1751).

PHILIP II OF SPAIN

EVANGELIZATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

THE EVANGELIZATION OF
THE PHILIPPINES BEGAN
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF
CONQUISTADOR MIGUEL
LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI IN CEBU
ON APRIL 27, 1565

THE NATIVES FLED AND

BURNED THEIR HOMES, BUT IN
ONE OF THE HUTS THE IMAGE
OF THE SANTO NINO (CHILD
JESUS) WAS RECOVERED. IT
WAS MAGELLANS BASTISMAL
GIFT TO QUEEN JUANA (HARAH
AMIHAN).

IMAGE OF THE CHILD

JESUS

THE IMAGE OF THE SANTO

NINO BECAME THE OBJECT
OF TODAYS LARGEST
DEVOTION
LEGAZPI CALLED THE FIRST
SPANISH THECITY OF THE
MOST HOLY NAME OF
JESUS

THE FEAST DAY OF THE CHILD

JESUS IN CEBU (JANUARY 19)

THE ROLES AND INFLUENCES

OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS
THE AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS
WHO CAME WITH LEGAZPI,
LED BY FRAY ANDRES DE
URDANETA BUILT A CHURCH
AND CONVENT IN HONOR OF
THE SANTO NINO IN CEBU

AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS

FR. ANDRES DE
URDANETA

BASILICA DEL SANTO

NINO

IN 1571 THEY JOINED LEGAZPI

AS HE CONQUERED MANILA
AND TURNED THE BUSTLING
MUSLIM SETTLEMENT INTO
THE WALLED CAPITAL
INTRAMUROS OF THE NEW
SPANISH COLONY.

INTRAMUROS

FOR 13 YEARS THE

AUGUSTINIANS WERE
ALONE IN THE MISSIONARY
EFFORT

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PARISH, BATAC ILOCOS
NORTE

THE FRANCISCANS IN 1578

The ORDO FRATUM
MINORUM (ORDER OF
FRIARS MINOR, OFM) IS A
MENDICANT RELIGIOUS
ORDER FOUNDED BY ST.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI

The main church of the

Franciscans in Intramuros before
it was destroyed during World
War II

BASILICA OF
TAYABAS, QUEZON

IN MANY FRANCISCANS
CHURCHES BUILT DURING THE
SPANISH COLONIAL ERA HAVE
THE ORDERS EMBLEM
INSCRIBED ON THE FAADE
OR THE BELLS

THE EMBLEM WAS

CONSIST OF THE
CROSSED ARMS OF
CHRIST AND ST. FRANCIS
WITH THE IMAGE OF THE
CROSS BEHIND IT

THE JESUITS IN 1581

THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IS
A RELIGIOUS ORDER OF
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH FOUNDED IN THE
TH
16 CENTURY BY
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

THE JESUITS

Our Lady of the Immaculate

Conception in Baclayon, Bohol

ATENEO DE MANILA
UNIVERSITY

ATENEO DE MANILA
UNIVERSITY

THE DOMINICANS IN 1587

THE FIRST DOMINICAN TO LAND
ON THE ISLANDS WAS FRAY
DOMINGO DE SALAZAR. WHO
ACCOMPANIED THE JESUITS
SIX YEARS EARLIER AND TOOK
POSSESSION OF THE NEWLY
ESTABLISHED DIOCESE OF
MANILA AS FIRST BISHOP

THE DOMINICANS

FR. DOMINGO DE
SALAZAR

THE CHOICE OF SALAZAR AS

FIRST BISHOP WAS PROPITOUS
(FAVORABLE). HE WAS A
DISCIPLE OF BARTOLOME DE
LAS CASA, WHO DEFENDED
THE AMERINDIANS FROM THE
ABUSES OF THE SPANISH
COLONIZERS. SALAZAR WAS
BENT ON DOING THE SAME IN
THE INDIES.

THE LEGITIMACY OF THE

CONQUEST WAS ADDRESSED
PRECISELY BY THE SYNOD OF
MANILA CONVOKED BY SALAZAR
IN 1582. THE SYNOD FATHERS
CONCLUDED THAT SPAIN MUST
EXERCISE POLITICAL DOMINION
OVER THE PHILIPPINES TO FULFILL
ITS PRIMARY DUTY OF
EVANGELIZATION AS
COMMISSIONED BY THE POPE

SALAZARS SYNOD MORE

IMPORTANTLY CONDEMNED
SLAVERY AND RESOLVED TO
SPREAD THE GOSPEL USING
THE NATIVE LANGUAGES, A
KEY DECISION THAT
PRESERVED THE LOCAL
TONGUES

AS EXPECTED, SALAZAR
ENCOUNTERED STIFF
OPPOSITION AND HAD TO
GO TO SPAIN TO
PERSONALLY PLEAD FOR
THE RIGHTS OF THE
NATIVES BEFORE THE
ROYAL COURT.

WHEN SALAZAR DIED, HIS

STUGGLE WAS CONTINUED BY A
FELLOW DOMINICAN, FRAY
MIGUEL DE BENAVIDES, WHO
POINTED OUT THAT TRIBUTES
HAD BEEN COLLECTED
UNJUSTLY FROM UNBELIEVERS

HE SAID THAT SPAIN MUST

MAKE RESTITUTION, HE
ARGUED, AND OBTAIN A JUST
TITLE TO THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. THIS COULD BE DONE
IF THE NATIVES SUBMITED
FREELY TO THE COLONIZERS