Publication: La cruz y la constitución: disputas entre el cabildo eclesiástico y el gobierno republicano (1821–1835)
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Hernández González, Leonardo Miguel
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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Este artículo analiza las disputas entre el Estado republicano colombiano y la Iglesia Católica en torno al ejercicio del derecho de patronato eclesiástico durante el período de consolidación republicana entre 1821 y 1835. A través de una revisión de fuentes primarias —como correspondencia oficial, actas eclesiásticas y normativas gubernamentales—, se examinan los mecanismos mediante los cuales el naciente Estado buscó asumir el control de las instituciones eclesiásticas, en un contexto de ruptura con la monarquía hispánica y de redefinición de las relaciones Iglesia-Estado. Se demuestra que la ausencia de un concordato con la Santa Sede generó tensiones entre el gobierno republicano y el cabildo eclesiástico de Santafé, revelando las ambigüedades jurídicas y políticas en torno a la soberanía y la legitimidad de las potestades espirituales en el nuevo orden republicano. El estudio aporta a la comprensión de los procesos de secularización y construcción estatal en la América postindependiente, subrayando la centralidad del conflicto patronal como campo de disputa entre lo político y lo sagrado.
This article analyzes the disputes between the Colombian republican State and the Catholic Church regarding the exercise of ecclesiastical patronage rights during the republican consolidation period (1821– 1835). Drawing on primary sources—such as official correspondence, ecclesiastical records, and governmental regulations—it examines the mechanisms through which the nascent State sought to control ecclesiastical institutions amid the rupture with the Spanish monarchy and the redefinition of Church-State relations. The absence of a concordat with the Holy See created tensions between the republican government and the ecclesiastical chapter of Santafé, exposing the legal and political ambiguities surrounding sovereignty and the legitimacy of spiritual authority in the new republican order. This study contributes to our understanding of secularization and state-building processes in postindependence Latin America, emphasizing the central role of the patronage conflict as a contested space between the political and the sacred.
This article analyzes the disputes between the Colombian republican State and the Catholic Church regarding the exercise of ecclesiastical patronage rights during the republican consolidation period (1821– 1835). Drawing on primary sources—such as official correspondence, ecclesiastical records, and governmental regulations—it examines the mechanisms through which the nascent State sought to control ecclesiastical institutions amid the rupture with the Spanish monarchy and the redefinition of Church-State relations. The absence of a concordat with the Holy See created tensions between the republican government and the ecclesiastical chapter of Santafé, exposing the legal and political ambiguities surrounding sovereignty and the legitimacy of spiritual authority in the new republican order. This study contributes to our understanding of secularization and state-building processes in postindependence Latin America, emphasizing the central role of the patronage conflict as a contested space between the political and the sacred.
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