The State, the Church and the Board

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Enrique Mata-Rivera

Abstract

The Church, as a social institution, has played and plays a prominent and significant role in the historical evolution of Latin American countries, from the colony to the present day.
From the time of the discovery and colonization of the new territories, the State and the Church mutually watched over their interests, combining a sociocultural unit based on Christianity.
According to the ecumenical conception of property that prevailed in the sixteenth century, all property on earth belonged to the Roman Pontiff, as Christ's vicar in the world. He had the right of total dominion in the "lordships of them, cities, forces, places, towns, rights and jurisdictions and all their belongings." (1) In such circumstances, by Bull of 1493, Alexander VI cedes, forever, to the Kings of Leon and Castile and their heirs the property of the New World.

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Mata-RiveraE. (2020). The State, the Church and the Board. Acta Académica, 18(Mayo), 170-180. Retrieved from http://201.196.25.14/index.php/actas/article/view/844
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Acta Histórica