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Un caso de conciencia [A Case of Conscience]
Olimon Nolasco, Manuel
Olimon Nolasco, Manuel
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"Jose Maria Cos fue, como tantos de los que intervinieron en los procesos de independencia en Hispanoamerica, hombre polifacetico y cambiante frente a los hechos: sacerdote, intelectual, periodista, polemista, paso de contrario al movimiento de Hidalgo y al intento de organization soberana mediante la Junta de Zitacuaro, a ser su defensor acerrimo. En este artfculo se analizan sobre todo los argumentos escritos con los que respondio a las acusaciones del Cabildo Eclesiastico de la arquidiocesis de Mexico sobre el presunto abu- so de facultades eclesiasticas inexistentes o por lo menos dudosas para aten- der a los fieles catolicos en el territorio ocupado por los insurgentes. El nucleo de la argumentation de Cos fue la aplicacion de la doctrina de la "epiqueya", es decir, de la presuncion de que, en circunstancias extraordina- rias como, por ejemplo, el estado de guerra, podia algun clerigo —en este ca¬so el mismo— suponer en conciencia las facultades de que gozaba en Espana el Vicario General Castrense a favor de un bien mayor: el derecho de los fie- les a recibir los sacramentos." "Like many who played a role in the processes of independence in Spanish America, Jose Maria Cos was polyfacetic and changed face as the situation demanded: priest, intellectual, journalist, polemicist, he transformed himself from an enemy to a supporter of the Hidalgo movement, and from being hostile to the sovereign organization intended by the Council of Zitacuaro to its most outspoken defender. This article analyses the written arguments with which he answered the accusation of the Ecclesiastical Council of the archdiocese of Mexico regarding the alleged abuse of non-existent - or at least doubtful - ecclesiastical faculties for attending the catholic faithful in territories occupied by the insurgents. The principal stance of Cos was the application of the doctrine of "discernment", i.e., the position that, under ex¬traordinary circumstances like war, for instance, any priest - in this case Cos himself - could take upon his own conscience the faculties reserved in Spain to the Military Chaplain General in order to assure a higher good: the right of the faithful to the sacraments."
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2010
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