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Pendant les xvie, xviie et xviiie siècles on trouve au Brésil de nombreux objets commerciaux et de dévotion venant d’Inde en provenance des possessions portugaises en Asie, malgré l’interdiction par la Couronne portugaise de contacts entre ces territoires. Des manuscrits, au sujet de polémiques religieuses, des actes administratifs, des lettres et d’autres genres littéraires ont aussi circulé entre l’Inde orientale et les Indes occidentales, via les passages maritimes des « bateaux de carrière » (bateaux de la flotte qui faisait annuellement le commerce entre l’Asie et le Portugal). Cette étude vise à mettre en évidence une polémique religieuse de l’Archevêque de Goa, d. Ignace de sainte Thérèse, qui a été disputée en 1724 à l’« Académie Brésilienne des Oubliés », à Bahia, avant d’arriver à Lisbonne.

In the course of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, there were many objects of trade or of worship originating from India which had reached Brazil from Portugal’s possessions in Asia, although the Portuguese Crown had forbidden any contact between those territories. Manuscripts on religious controversies, administrative acts, letters and other types of literature were also circulated between the East and West Indies by the Portuguese India Armadas, the ships which crossed from Portugal to India. This article seeks to present a religious controversy aroused by the Archbishop of Goa, D. Ignatius of Saint Theresa, and which gave rise to disputes in 1724 at the “Brasilian Academy of the Forgotten” in Bahia, later on reaching Lisbon.

Durante os séculos xvi a xviii, são encontrados no Brasil muitos objetos comerciais e devocionais da Índia provenientes dos domínios portugueses na Ásia, embora o contato entre esses territórios fosse proibido pela Coroa portuguesa. Também manuscritos, acerca de polêmicas religiosas, atos administrativos, cartas e outros gêneros literários circularam entre a Índia do Oriente e as Índias ocidentais, por meio das passagens marítimas das “naus de carreira” (navios da frota que fazia anualmente o comércio e o contato administrativo entre a Ásia e Portugal). Nosso atual estudo visa a evidenciar uma polêmica religiosa do Arcebispo de Goa, d. Inácio de Santa Teresa, a qual foi discutida em 1724 na Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos, da Bahia, antes de chegar a Lisboa.