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Beginning with the Catholization of most of the Philippines in the 16th century, political power was shared by the Catholic Church and the Spanish civil authorities. The Filipino Jesuit historian Horacio de la Costa mentions that the rules governing the cooperation of the two entities was set in the Patronato Real de las Indias, a combination of law and jurisprudence that governed the delicate ...
According to the Vatican II document on religious freedom, Dignitatis Humanae, "the human person has a right to religious freedom", which is described as "immunity from coercion in civil society". [98] This principle of religious freedom "leaves untouched traditional Catholic doctrine on the moral duty of men and societies toward the true ...
Freedom of religion in the Philippines is guaranteed by the Constitution under Section 5 of Article III (Bill of Rights), which states that "No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or ...
The Philippines became a Spanish colony in 1565, following the Magellan expedition's stopover in the islands in 1521. Religion played a significant role in the colony's governance. Due to the distance of the Philippines from the Iberian Peninsula, Spain had to rely on network of parishes and monastic orders for governance of the archipelago. [3]
Solamo-Antonio, Isabelita (2015). "The Philippine Shari'a Courts and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws". In Possamai, Adam; Richardson, James T; Turner, Bryan S. (eds.). The Sociology of Shari'a: Case Studies from around the World. Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies. Vol. 1. Springer, Cham. pp. 83– 101.
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
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The Philippine Youth Movement founded in 1926 boosted the move to develop the indigenous Protestant church nationwide. [19] A theme in the development of Protestantism in the Philippines is the tension between the religion and nationalism.