An analysis of the Brazilian Catholiscism in the Second Empire

Abstract

Based on a 1837statement of Daniel Parish Kidder about the “tolerant character of the Brazilian Catholicism”, the author researches on the groups of Catholicism in the Second Empire (1840-1889) in Brazil. Both main groups, conservative (Ultramontanism) and Liberal (Galicanism, Jansenism and Masonry), are analyzed, starting from the impact of Iluminism in Portugal, going through the arrival of the Portuguese court to Brazil, up to the formation, development and decline of the Brazilian Empire.

Keywords

Catholicism – Galicanism – Jansenism – Ultramontanism.

Douglas Nassif is a Presbyterian minister and professor of the Faculty of Theology, Umesp. Research in History of Protestantism (history, biography, theology and sacred music). Theologian, administrator, master and Ph. D. in Religious Studies, Umesp.Electronic address: douglas.cardoso@metodista.br