Contents
A Word From the Author
Acknowledgments
Part I: Interpretation
Terminology and Origins
The Jesuit Mission System: Rules and Precepts
Rectorates, Cabeceras, and Visitas for the Mission Provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa
Jesuit Mission Methodology
Part II: Rules and Precepts for the Mission Rectorate of San Francisco Borja, Sonora, Mexico
Rules for the Government of the Missions: As Approved by the Father Visitor Rodrigo de Cabredo, 1610
The Regulations Made by the Visitors General for the Whole Province,: and by the Provincials for the Missions, 1662
Regulations for the Visitors, 1662
Regulations of Father Visitor Juan Ortiz Zapata, 1678
Regulations of Father Tomás Altamirano, 1679
A Letter of Father Provincial Bernardo Pardo Concerning the Manner of Transferring Districts, 1681
Regulations of Father Visitor Juan Almonacir, 1681-84
Regulations of Father Provincial Juan de Palacios, 1698
Three Letters and the Precepts of Father Provincial A. Xardón: Written to Father Visitor F. X. Mora, 1710
Precepts of Father Visitor General Andrés Luque, 1714
Regulations for the Missions: And Especially for Sonora, Compiled by Father Alonso de Arrivillaga, 1715
A Letter of Father Provincial Gaspar Rodero, 1716
A Compendium of Instructions from Father Provincial Joseph de Ari6 to Father Juan de Guendulain: and Afterward to Father Joseph de Echeverria for the General Visitation of the Missions
Precepts Which Were Found in the Missions
Precepts of Father Provincial Alexandro Romano
Remarks of an Unknown Father Visitor, About 1740
Precepts for the Missionaries: Following the Decision of Father Provincial Andrés Xavier García and his Consultors, June 25, 1747
Precepts of Father Francisco Zeballos, 1763
Source Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography
Index