Abstract

LOPEZ PARADA, Esperanza. The administration of the Communion of the indians in the Viceroyalty of Peru: a feast without banquet. Latinoamérica [online]. 2013, n.57, pp.247-276. ISSN 2448-6914.

The religious calendar imposed to the natives during the Viceroyalty of Peru included the celebration of Corpus Christi, in which they actively participated, despite them not having full and free access to the Eucharist, since the I Lima Council forbid it, except when then competent authorities allowed. The immediate problem that arose from this measure had an important argumentative charge in the Third catechism, translated to quechua: how to defend the Eucharist benefits while preventing full participation. This study deals with the way in 1645 by Francisco de Ávila during mass that Thursday and the following Sunday, abounded in explanations to reconcile the paradox emanated from the restricted administration of sacrament.

Keywords : Eucharist; Colonial Rhetoric; Sermons.