The Nueva Pamplona diocesan synod of 1872 and clergy discipline

Abstract

Through the analysis of the chapter “Life and honesty of the clergy” contained in theNueva Pamplona Sinodal Constitutions of 1872, this article reviews the regulationsprescribed by the Church to define the priest role as a model of social life. Theregulations founded in the aforementioned document, suggested the need to update traditional norms that governed the clerical life in order to face specific situations ina diocese of Nueva Granada during the second half of the 19th century. The articlealso examines the events prior to the regulations and explores each norm orientedto clerical reform following J. Delumeau’s perspective of catholic reform and thecontributions of Katya Mandoki prosaics.

Keywords: Church organization, Diocese of Pamplona, Colombian Church