The practical working of the church in Spain
By: by the Rev. Frederick Meyrick....
Publisher: John Henry Parker
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Spain -- Church history.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAP. I.; title: Malaga. Gibraltar to Malaga. Toleration of the English Sendee. Funeral Sendee. Campo Santo. Andalusian character. Abolition of Monasteries. English and Roman Churches. Lent Sermons. Procession on Ash- Wednesday. Casa de Mendicidad. Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. Good Friday. Monks. The Blessed Virgin. Procession of the Nazarenes. Procession of la Virgen de la Soledad. Hills of Malaga. Climate. p. 1; title: CHAP. II.; title: Arrival at Malaga. Alameda. Fonda. Andalusian dress. Church at Gibraltar. At Algeciras. Cathedral of Malaga. Figures of St. Mary. Vespers. High Mass. Sunday. Procession de la Virgen de los Reyes. La Mendicidad. Desecration. Books and Booksellers. Disappointment. Monks. The Ave Maria. The Quarenta horas. Holy Week. Palm Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Good Friday. Sabado Santo. Disuse of Confessions. El Calvario. The Blessed Virgin. 25; title: CHAP. III.; title: Quarantine at Gibraltar. Algeciras. Malaga. Bell-ringing. Smuggling sea-water. Priests' hats. Lola Montes. Recovery of stolen goods. Spanish Fast Days. English Burial Ground. Spanish Funeral. Noche buena. Soul release. Bargaining. Laws relative to murder. Sale of Images in Churches. Dead Body on the Alameda Easter Eve. Pocket-picking. 50; title: CHAP. IV.; title: Seville. Cathedral. Chapel Royal. Murillo's San Antonio. Roelas. St. Francis Borgia. High Mass. Holy Communion. Personal Experience. Cadiz. Seville. Bull-fights. Alcazar Gardens. The Alcazar. Houses. Una cosa de Espana. Cadiz. 72; title: CHAP. V.; title: Gibraltar. The Cobbler's Garden. Malaga. Casa de Pupilos. Cow-fight. Vigil of All Saints. All Souls Day. Priestly character. Abuse of Confession. Tone of mind of the Laity. State Education. Church Services. La Sagrada Compania. The British Legion. Stabbing. University of Salamanca. Catechising. Appointment of Clergy. Characteristic Dialogue. Names. Naeimiento. 88; title: CHAP. VI.; title: Bay of Biscay. The Malaguenos. Working of an intelligent Spaniard's mind under present circumstances. The Horn's. Ridicule of Fasting. Stabbing. Treatment of the Priesthood. Payment of the Clergy. Funeral customs. Epitaphs. The Fandango. Parochial arrangement. Sisters of Charity. Clerical Education. Esparteran Bishops. Vicars Capitular. Ventura Gomez. Ortigosa. Royal recommendations to Chapters. Jansenism. Dispensations. State interference in Ecclesiastical Judgments. Uncanonical Elections. State intrusions in the dioceses of Toledo Guadix and Osma. Parallel to the election to the See of Hereford, and the Episcopal Confirmation Question. 106; title: CHAP. VII.; title: Home Mission at Malaga. Archbishop of Santiago's Sermon in the Cathedral. Maria Santisima. Doctrine of Indulgences. Exhortation to Confession. Day of Judgment. Effect of the Mission. Supply of Clergy. Hymns to the Blessed Virgin. Novena to the Blessed Virgin. Legend of Sta. Rita. The Bilde. Forged Miracles. Contempt of the Priesthood. Fray Feliz. The Divine Shepherdess. Masses for the Dead. Presentations. Murders. Gipsy-widow. Legend of S. Demas. Intercession of S. Mary. Rich convents in Malaga. Dominicans. Capuchins at Carthagena. Country-people, 134; title: CHAP. VIII.; title: Spanish Customs. Ball of Tinaja on the First Sunday in Lent. Burial of the Sardine or Anchovy on Ash-Wednesday. 182; title: CHAP. IX.; title: Excessive Power of the State. Disobedience to Church Laws. Credulity or Infidelity. The Scriptures. Sunday. Friday. Dispensations. Character of the Priesthood. Mission at Malaga. Adoration of the Blessed Virgin. Doctrine of Indulgences. Intermixture of Truth and Fable. Appointment of Clergy. Method of building a Church at Madrid. Stabbing. Pocket-picking. Murders. Spanish conceptions of England. 195; title: CHAP. X.; title: Danger of chess-playing. The Inquisition. Balmes on Catholicism compared with Protestantism in its effects on Civilization. Popular Theory about the Blessed Virgin. Seven Points. Anglican and Roman Branches of the Catholic Church. Irreverence. Rending of the White Veil. Thursday in Holy Week. Processions on Good Friday. Fracas. Illusions about Seville dispelled. Revolution in Portugal. The Cortes. Sermon on Viernes de Dolores. Mariolatry. Casa de Espositos. The Concordat. 213; title: CHAP. XI.; title: Malaga to Seville. Ceremonies. Ill-behaviour. Processions at Seville. La Feria. Maja dress. The Infanta. Burial of Christ's Poor in Catholic Spain. Outrage on the dead body of a child. Exhumation of the dead. Intolerance. 234; title: CHAP. XII.; title: Arrival at Gibraltar. Gibraltar Cathedral. Alameda. Cobbler's Garden. Galleries and Batteries. S. Michael's Cave. Jews of Gibraltar. 245; title: CHAP. XIII.; title: Gibraltar to Granada. Spanish non-washing. Children in Salamis. The Manta. San Roque. The Guadiaro. Similarity between Greece and Spain. Unsophisticated character of some of the poor. Burial of Protestants in Spain. Question of Tolerance. Honda. Jose Maria. His method of ingratiating himself with the poor. Of bribing the soldiers. Terms made by him with Government. His death. His amulets. Balberan and present Banditti. Jueves de Dolores. Funeral. Posada de Jesu Nazareno. Loja. Yega of Granada. Sierra Nevada. Granada. 255; title: CHAP. XIV.; title: Murder of a Smuggler. Escape of his son. Spanish nonchalance. Concealment of scandals. Cathedral of Granada. Arrangement of Spanish Churches. Procession on Palm Sunday. The Miserere. Thursday night. Morning of Good Friday. Value of compulsory Conformity. Scepticism. State of Spain. Sabado Santo. Scene in the Cathedral. General Dog-persecution. Anticipation of Easter. 271; title: CHAP. XV.; title: The Alhambra. The Moors and the Christians. Kingdom of Granada. District of the Alhambra. Horse-shoe arch. The Palace. Its Legends. The Generalife. The Torre de las Infantas. La Cartuja. Archbishop's Palace. Way-side murder Cross. Murder by two Guardias. Robber-dangers. Ride between Salona and Thermopylae. Method of growing fat. Blue, Red, White, and Black Blood. Alamedas and Cafes. Whirlwind. 285; title: CHAP. XVI.; title: Easter Sunday at Granada. Banking. Monuments of the Catholic Kings. Irreverence. Indulgences. Our Lady de las Angustias. Bula de la Cruzada. Adieu to the Alhambra. Heavy tidings. Granada to Cordova. Soto de Roma. Bridge of Pinos. Alcala, Cordova. 306; title: CHAP. XVII.; title: Cordova. The Ommiad Caliphate. The Moors. The Mosque. Almansur. Azzahra and Azzahira. Garden. Cordova to Seville. Ecija. Carmona. Easter Confessions. Bula de la Cruzada. Pasting. The Blessed Virgin. Real Prayers of the people. Two systems — on paper and in practice. Prostration. Orientalism. Pam of Mairena. Seville. 318; title: CHAP. XVIII.; title: Sunday at Seville. - Murillo. The Bull-fight. The Giralda. The Cathedral. The Chapel Royal. Blanco White. Gardens of San Telmo. Impoverished state of some of the Clergy. The Alcazar. Sisterhood at the Foundling Hospital. The Guadalquivir. Cadiz. The Cathedral. Murillo's death. Church. 334; title: CHAP. XIX.; title: Tracts at Seville. The Cross of Caravaca. Miracles wrought by it. Sta. Philomena. Her History. Her Name. Her existence. Letter from a Spanish Priest to an English Clergyman. Distress of mind among the Spanish Priesthood. Communication from a Spanish Priest. A cry for help and sympathy. 384; title: APPENDIX; title: No. I. Documents. Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba's Book of Prayers. Novena of the Divine Shepherdess. Panegyric on S. Mary. "New invention" of the title of Divine Shepherdess in 1703. Progress of the devotion propagated by the Missionary Capuchins. First office of the Divine Shepherdess : Knowing her sheep. Second office : Leading her sheep to good pastures. Third office : Driving away the wolves with her voice and crook. Fourth office : Encouraging the feeble sheep. Fifth office : Healing the sick sheep. Sixth office: Seeking for the lost sheep. Seventh office: Bringing back the lost sheep to the fold. Eighth office : Assisting the sheep at them death. Ninth office: Being an example to the sheep. The Joys of the divine and most loving Shepherdess of souls. The Seven Mysteries of Joy. The Seven Mysteries of Sorrow. The Seven Mysteries of Glory. 371; title: No. II. Mr. Faber. 405