Abstract

GUBLER, Ruth. El informe contra idolorum cultores del obispado de Yucatán. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2007, vol.30, pp.107-138. ISSN 0185-2574.

One of the main concerns of Church and State alike was the fact that all their efforts had not been enough to extirpate "idolatry". Durán, Landa, Mendieta, Sahagún and others complain bitterly about this, as well as Acosta and Arriaga from Peru. In the mid 1560's religious like De la Serna and Balsalobre state that little had changed and that the Indians continued with the ancient practices of their forefathers. The majority of the religious shared the idea that the only remedy was to use a hard-handed approach, and here we examine the role of punishment, the autos de fe and the Inquisition. The work of Sánchez de Aguilar is an excellent source of information regarding the extirpation of "idolatry", as well as the bitter dispute regarding the exclusive right of the bishop to judge and punish idolatry. In his ten fundamentos and two conclusions the author examines and justifies this right and finishes by proposing sixteen remedies for putting an end to "idolatry".

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