The Solor-Timor Mission of the Dominicans 1562–1800

Author:

Heuken, Adolf

Book Title:

A History of Christianity in Indonesia

Book Editor:

Aritonang, Jan Sihar

Steenbrink, Karel

Format:

Book Chapter

Year:

2008

Publisher:

Brill

Place published:

Leiden

Language:

English

Abstract:

The Indonesian Province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, or the 'Southeastern Islands', had been reached by Austronesian migrants about 2000 BCE, travelling from the north through the Moluccas. In 1562 the primeiros missionarios a Solor, three Dominicans from Malacca, opened the first period in the long Christian history of Nusa Tenggara, which continues uninterrupted to the present day. The Solor-Timor mission of the Dominican fathers is rich in priests and laymen, who gave their lives for Christ. Until 1702 the temporal administration of the 'Portuguese' part of the Solor Archipelago was more or less in the hands of the Dominicans or of some mestizos they favoured. The question of freedom of religion for the native Catholics on Flores and Timor led to the first Luso-Dutch Treaty (1854) that was rejected by the Dutch parliament because it only guaranteed freedom of Catholic worship.

What (Subjects):

Missions -- History -- Regional

Missions -- Religious Orders -- Dominicans

Where (Locations):

Asia -- Indonesia -- Nusa Tenggara Timur

When (Centuries):

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

Worldcat URL:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/937992763

Publisher URL:

http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/1.1163/ej.9789004170261.i-1004.31

Page Range:

73–98

ISBN:

9789047441830

9789004170261

900417026X

DOI:

10.1163/ej.9789004170261.i-1004.31