Los inicios del seminario de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Guatemala, 1598-1620. Un proyecto exitoso y poco tridentino

Abstract

This work considers the study of the foundation and first years of existence of the council seminary of the Guatemala diocese, created in 1598 by Bishop Fray Gómez Fernández de Córdoba. The aim is to point out how the constant work thescarce conflicts which it faced in those days owing to the fact that, and unlike the preceding foundations, the seminary of Our Lady of the Assumption was not begun exactly as an Episcopal project, due to the close connection it maintained with the royal powers, as well as the particular constitutions enshrined in its foundation. This is another clear example of the slow introduction and adaptation undergone by the tridentine legislation in America.