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Title: Nos Antonio Herrán por la gracia de Dios i de la Santa Sede Apostólica, Arzobispo de Santafé de Bogotá. Al Venerable Clero de nuestra Diócesis, salud i bendición en Nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
Creator: Herrán, Antonio, 1797-1868
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta de Nicolas Gómez, July 14, 1863.
Physical Details: 1 sheet ; 51.8 cm x 28.8 cm
Physical Condition: Good; fold bends, minor creases and tears near edges, some stains, slightly dog-eared

Summary: Archbishop Herrán writes a scathing critique of the new laws passed by President Tomás C. de Mosquera that undermine the church, including abolishing <i>tuición</i> payments that churches depended on for financing.
Historical Notes: At the time of writing, President Tomás C. Mosquera ran an anticlerical campaign as part of his efforts to distance Colombia from its colonial past by severing the connections between church and state. Like many liberals of the time, he believed that Colombian education and government had to be secular to be truly liberal. His anti-clerical measures including cutting off church finances, expelling the Jesuits, and repressing some monasteries. Bushnell, David. <i>The Making of Modern Colombia : A Nation in Spite of Itself.</i> Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Colombia -- 19th century
Catholic Church -- Colombia -- Clergy
Church and state -- Colombia -- 19th century
Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Related Items in the Collection: Interim. La cuestión político-relijiosa

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00597
Record Number: 479