Summary

Abstract: Based on the comparative study of three experiences of the historical mission – Martín de Braga among the Suebi (6th century), the mission of Bonifacio among the Germans (8th century) and the works of Bernardino de Sahagún among the Nahuas ( 16th century) – the present study aims to investigate the historical expressions of a controversial instrument of the mission known as evemerism, and which has as a hermeneutical principle the denial of the divine character of the Gods due to their human condition. As a hypothesis, it is maintained that evemerism is not expressed in the historical mission as an exemplum or narrative of the mission, but as a theoretical principle capable of being assembled according to the missionary's agenda and the possibilities of his field work.
Keywords: Mission, Idolatry, Early Modernity, America, Europe
Abstract: From the comparative study of three experiences of the historical mission – Martin de Braga among the Suevians, the mission of Bonifacio among the Germans and the works of Bernardino de Sahagún among the Nahuas – the present study intends to investigate around the historical expressions of a polemical instrument of the mission known as euhemerism, whose hermeneutical principle is the denial of the divine character of the Gods by their human condition. As a hypothesis, it is proposed that euhemerism is not expressed in the historical mission as an exemplum or a narrative of the mission, but as a theoretical principle that can be assembled according to the missionary's agenda and the possibilities of his fieldwork.
Keywords: Mission, Idolatry, Early Modernity, America, Europe