The Religion of the Philippine during the Occupation of Spaniards

1. The Religion During the
Spanish Time
(The Spirituality of the Spanish Indio)
Group 4 I-CBPW (2014-2015)

2. The Spanish era
The 3 objectives of the Spaniards
O God- (spread Christianity)
O Gold-(trading of spices and others)
O Glory- (Supremacy of Spain)

3. Main Objective
God (spread Christianity)
“King Philip II was a man that sincerely loved God and desired
to build good spiritual foundations into the nation. In seeking to
Christianize the nation he spent large sums of the Spanish
treasury for many years. When his advisers plead with him to
withdraw from the Philippines because of the financial costs,
King Philip II repeatedly said that he was willing to spend all of
his money to save souls and establish the Philippines as a
gospel light to the Orient. The results of his efforts are that the
Philippines has been known as the only Christian nation in Asia
for almost 500 years.”
-Rev. Norman Holmes
Excerpt from the Article Destiny of the
Philippines

4. The people that started
Christianity in the Philippines

5. O Ferdinand Magellan
arrived in the Philippines
in 1521
O Magellan landed on the
island of Cebu and
naming them Islas de
San Lazaro
O He made a good
relationship to the local
chieftains and converted
some into Roman
Catholicism

6. O Spain introduced Christianity to the
Philippines in 1565 with the arrival of Miguel
Lopez de Legaspi.
O Earlier, beginning in 1350, Islam had been
spreading northward from Indonesia into the
Philippine archipelago. By the time the
Spanish arrived in the 16th century, Islam
was firmly established on Mindanao and Sulu
and had outposts on Cebu and Luzon. At the
time of the Spanish arrival, the Muslim areas
had the highest and most politically integrated
culture on the islands and, given more time,
would probably have unified the entire
archipelago. Carrying on their historical
tradition of expelling the Jews and Moros
[Moors] from Spain (a commitment to
eliminating any non-Christians), Legaspi
quickly dispersed the Muslims from Luzon
and the Visayan islands and began the
process of Christianization. Dominance over
the Muslims on Mindanao and Sulu, however,
was never achieved during three centuries of
Spanish rule.

7. Religious Result of the Spanish
Period

8. Contributions

9. Holidays
O Semana santa (Holy Week)
O All Soul Day/All Saint’s Day
O Nochebuena/ Christmas Eve
O Christmas
O New Year

10. University of Makati
Center of Human Kinesthetic
Bolima, Bianca Mae
Eblahan, Karen L.
Halum, Justine
Telan, Kimberly
Macalinao, Lhorie
Ongpauco, Kim Clark
Dingle, Joseph
Castro, Jodel
Jimenez, Christam
Prof. Tessie Tapiador-Sagadraca
Social Science Department