The celebration of the 500th
anniversary of the first diocese in the mainland of America and the South Sea
discovery this year marked the life of Panama.
The theme of the South Sea discovery
is controversial. Out of this controversy, the event affected the lives of
Panama.
It opens a way for much larger
dimensions.
Focusing on is experience can
understand the phenomenon of globalization.
The fact of the discovery brought
consequences for the world.
The church from the beginning has
innovated and transformed life in the minds of people.
Faith was embraced by the rule among
the evangelists and the constant questioning of the natural population of this
earth about its existence and its new reality.
It creates a new culture and a new
way of living. New cities and new realities, which reflect a new mindset. The
work of the missionaries, often under-recognized, open new opportunities for
the application of new thinking.
Mention was made of the Renaissance
and the influence of the thought of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas,
medieval philosophy illuminating.
Universities were born in the bosom
of the church collect and magnify this thought.
The school of Salamanca framework,
without coming to america, thought and social change in the new world.
This school begins a journey that no
prior research had. Especially in the ethical and positive law. For example,
the right to property and common law in the light of natural law.
One of the main issues was whether
the Indian was a person, which threw down the concept of slavery and the
different category of people.
In the legal field, the great
contribution of the School of Salamanca is to enforce the concept of freedom.
The concept of free will and that all men are equal. Also the concept of human
dignity. This was known as the law of nations.
The conflict of the war just fu also
questioned. Like the denial of property rights and freedom that corresponded to
the natural inhabitants were called barbarians.
On many occasions it was the
confrontation between the conqueror and the missionaries, because of the
defense that were of indigenous missionaries.
He cited the experience of peace vera
and the aftertaste still remember the name of the departments of the high and
low will see peace in Guatemala.
The action of the church to denounce
the mistreatment of indigenous death earned him many missionaries. Some of them
considered martyrs of america.
All this makes clear that the school
of Salamanca opened new fields in the thinking of economics, law and theology
against medieval thought, which certainly change the thinking of the time and
certainly still in the development fishtail our own thinking.
