Thanks for the information in regards to this because I was not aware of this practice. George
Sent from my iPad On May 15, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Isabella Baltar <[email protected]> wrote: > George, > > It was not a "tax", it was a way priests found to collect money from the > local people. It was a practice characterized as a voluntary contribution, > but many times it became involuntary. In distant parishes, especially in the > colonies, priest's income was too low to cover his basic daily life and this > was a way they found to add more money to his living. > > Unfortunately, many of these priests acted in abusive ways regarding > financial resources and their life style, including concubinage. Also, in the > colonies, not all the priests had a proper ecclesiastical education, which > lead to this type of behavior and against the all the Canonic Law, precepts > on how to be a "good priest", established by the Council of Trent, in the > middle of the 1500's. The Roman Catholic Church tried to regulate this > situation several times. > > Isabella Baltar > myportuguesegen.blogspot.com > > On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 11:09:03 PM UTC-4, migueldeavery wrote: > Where did you get this information that a tax was paid by a person receiving > the Sacrament of Confession in the 19th century ? George > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 13, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No problem. >> >> There was a tax that the Priests collected for each confession. It means >> that they met their confession obligation and also paid the tax. In the >> year 1830 it cost $80 Reis for each which used to be collected after each >> confession. >> >> The Catholic Church has a mandatory obligation of confession of at least one >> time each year in the period of the 40 days of Lent. >> >> Hope this helps >> >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:34 AM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank u >> What does dis obligated mean >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 12, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Father Matheus (Mateus) Silveira, deceased. >>> Her mother is Ana Maria. >>> Lent of 1836 the groom was dis-obligated with the bride being dis-obligated >>> in the current year >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Elizabeth Migliori <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-CEDROS-C-1829-1847/FAL-HT-CEDROS-C-1829-1847_item1/P65.html >>> >>> Need help with this one. Looks like father is Matheus Silveira???and he is >>> deceased wife is Rita Maria. >>> Rita Maria daughter of Jose Garcia Deceased???? can't make out her mother >>> Then what does it say about 1836? >>> upper right hand side. >>> >>> Liz >>> -- >>> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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