Sermão de Santo António (aos peixes)
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Author
Contributions
- Alves, Manuel dos Santos. - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Vega, Lisboa, Portugal
Language
Portuguese
Word Count
20,750 words, Guess
Page Count
83 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-109726996074
- ISBN-139789726996071
- Open LibraryOL21076645M
Classifications
- LCCBX1756.V6 S35 1998
Description
The *Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish* is a sermon written by Portuguese Jesuit priest António Vieira, preached to the congregation at the Church of Saint Anthony in São Luís do Maranhão, Colonial Brazil, on 13 June 1654. It is Vieira's most famous work. It was preached in the context of the conflict between the colony's settlers and the Jesuits, who reiterated Pope Urban VIII's prohibition against Indian slavery. Three days after preaching it, Vieira secretly embarked to Lisbon to appeal King John IV for laws that would guarantee basic rights to Brazilian Indians, preventing them from being exploited by white colonists. The sermon comprises an elaborate allegory: borrowing from the familiar legend of his namesake Saint Anthony's preaching to the fish (commonly cited in his hagiography), Vieira uses the different kinds of fish as metaphors for men, drawing direct parallels between the dynamics between big and little fish and those between colonists and the Indians. ---------- O *Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes* é uma das obras mais conhecidas do Padre António Vieira. O Sermão foi pregado em S. Luís do Maranhão, no Brasil, no dia 13 de Junho (dia de Santo António no calendário litúrgico) de 1654 — na sequência dos litígios que surgiram entre os colonos brasileiros e os Jesuítas (ordem religiosa a que pertencia Vieira), que contestavam a escravidão dos povos indígenas. Três dias depois de o pregar, António Vieira embarcou ocultamente para Lisboa, para tentar conseguir obter junto do rei D. João IV leis que garantissem direitos básicos aos índios brasileiros, que os protegessem da exploração dos colonos brancos. O Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes constitui um documento da surpreendente imaginação, habilidade oratória e poder satírico do Padre António Vieira, que toma vários peixes como símbolos de algumas virtudes humanas e, principalmente dos vícios daqueles colonos, que são censurados com severidade.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Colecc̜ão Vega escolar
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