Why did the Roman Catholic Church consider the sin of blasphemy a sign of social disorder, capable of treating the moral foundation of colonial society in Mexico?
Why did the Roman Catholic Church consider the sin of blasphemy a sign of social disorder, capable of treating the moral foundation of colonial society in Mexico?
Answer the following question with the appropriate and specific illustration from the readings and class sessions. Your answer need to be 7-10 pages in length. Question: Why did the Roman Catholic Church consider the sin of blasphemy a sign of social disorder, capable of treating the moral foundation of colonial society in Mexico? In formulating your answer please define blasphemy, discuss how the Holy Office of the Inquisition prosecuted cases of blasphemy, explain which social groups tended to blaspheme, and why blasphemy prosecutions tended to decline during the eighteenth century. Please make references to the book by Javier Villa Flores, Dangerous speech: A Social History of Blasphemy in Colonial Mexico