Chapter VI: Mexico

Propagation of the Faith the Object of the Conquest 191

Organization of the Colonial Church 192

Attempts to exclude New Christians 193

Episcopal Inquisition 195

Establishment of a Tribunal proposed--Dread of Protestantism 199

Inquisitors sent out in 1570 200

Tribunal installed, November 4, 1571 202

Distance renders it partially Independent 203

Commencement of Activity--The first auto de fe, February 28, 1574 204

Autos of 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1590, 1596, and 1601 207

Persecution of Judaizers 208

Indians not subject to Inquisition 209

Finances--Temporary royal Subvention--The Tribunal expected
to be self-supporting 212
Its early Poverty 213
It claims Indian Repartimientos 215
It refuses to render Account of its Receipts 216
It obtains a Grant of Canonries in 1627 216
Fruitless Efforts to make it account for the Confiscations 217
Large Remittances made to the Suprema from the Autos of
1646, 1648 and 1649 219
Efforts to make it forego and refund the royal Subvention 219
Misrepresentations of the Confiscations and Remittances 223

Comparative Inaction in the first Half of the Seventeenth Century 226

Efficacy of the Edict of Faith 227

Growth of Judaism--Active Persecution commences in 1642 229

Autos de Fe of 1646, 1648 and 1649 230

Auto de Fe of 1659 234
Cases of William Lampor and Joseph Bruñon de Vertiz 236

Inertia during the Rest of the Century 240

Solicitation in the Confessional 241

Temporal Jurisdiction--Immunity of Officials entitled to the
_Fuero_ 245
Familiars--Commissioners--Abuse of their Privileges 247
Concordia of 1610 251
Competencias 252
Concordia of 1633 254
Abusive Use of Power by Commissioners 256

Quarrels with Bishops--Case of Bishop Palafox 257
Case of Doctor Juan de la Camara 259

Exemption from Military Service 263

Censorship--Irreverent Use of Sacred Symbols--_Visitas de Navíos_ 264

Repression under the Bourbon Dynasty 267

Decadence of the Tribunal 269

Political Activity caused by the Revolution--Censorship 272

Prosecution of Miguel Hidalgo 276

Suppression in 1813 288

Re-establishment in 1815 290

Prosecution of José María Morelos 292

Extinction in 1820 297

Persistent Intolerance 298

THE PHILIPPINES.

Included in the District of the Mexican Tribunal 299

A Commissioner established there--His Powers 300
Solicitation--Military Deserters 302

Trivial Results 304

Censorship 306

Conflicts with the Authorities 308

Audacity of the Commissioners 310 Commissioner Paternina imprisons Governor Salcedo and rules the Colony 311

Records burnt in 1763 317

Episcopal Inquisition in China 317