LA CASA DE DIOS (THE LEGACY OF FILIPINO-HISPANIC CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES - Hardcover

FR. RENE B. JAVELLANA, SJ

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9719491914 ISBN 13: 9789719491910

Synopsis

"I AM THE VOICE OF GOD THAT ARISES AND REACHES FROM THE CENTER OF THIS TOWN PAN-AY TO ITS FARTHEST POINTS SO THAT THE FAITHFUL OF JESUS MAY COME TO THIS HOUSE OF GOD AND RECEIVE HEAVENLY GRACES" MANY FINE BOOKS AND COUNTLESS PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS EXTOLLING THE ARCHITECTURALCHARMS AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MAJOR SPANISH ERA CHURCHES OF THE PHILIPPINES. TWELVE YEARS AGO RAFAEL ORTIGAS JR. STARTED AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT HOPING TO DOCUMENT ALL THE ROMAN CATHOLIC, SPANISH ERA CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM MANILA CATHEDRAL TO THE MOST REMOTE PROVINCIAL PARISHES. HE ASSIGNED TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM ORTIGAS AND COMPANY, BETTY LALANA AND BOY ARBOLEDA, TO PHOTOGRAPH AS MANY AS THEY COULD LOCATE USING THE CATHOLIC DIRECTORY OLD MAPS AND OTHER SOURCES. WITH HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND STEADFAST ASSISTANCE THEY LOCATED AND PHOTGRAPHED OVER 300 CHURCHES, AS WELL AS BELL TOWERS, ELEGANT CEMETERY GATES AND TANCIENT RUINS OF FOUNDRIES AND MIXED-USE CHURCH/FORT STRUCTURES. MANY OF THESE WERE LITTLE KNOWN OR DOCUEMENTED AN RARELY VISITED BY TOURISTS EITHER LOCAL OR FOREIGN. A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE CONTINUOUSLY EVEOLVING ARCHITECTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES WOULD TAKE SEVERAL HEAVY VOLUMES. IN THIS BOOK WE HAVE TRIED TO GIVE AN OVERIVIEW OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES, WHICH REMAIN EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM THIS RICH AND FORMATIVE PERIOD IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL INSPIRE MORE LAYMENT AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO VALUE AND RESPECT THEIR ANCIENT PLACES OF WORSHIP AND PRESERVE THEIR CULTURAL INTEGRITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME." -- FROM THE FORWARD BY JONATHAN BEST

Edition details

• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9719491914
• ISBN 13: 9789719491910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English