ABSTRACT

Created to provide the papal curia with an update on Catholicism in the nominally Protestant Dutch Republic, the 1656 Relatio seu descriptio status religionis Catholicae in Hollandia of Jacobus de la Torre, the third apostolic vicar of the Holland Mission, offers far more than an administrative report. Through an extensive series of historical digressions, he sets up a detailed account of the history of the Holland Mission, chronicling not only its recent political and religious history, but also inventorying its historical heritage. Drawing inspiration from contemporary secular historiography, de la Torre thus creates a “national history” of the Holland Mission that not only celebrates the religious heritage of Dutch Catholicism, but also deftly mobilises history to influence ongoing church-political debates. Using historical arguments, he sets the Holland Mission up as the legitimate successor of the Archdiocese of Utrecht and defines relations between various groups of clerics active in its territories.

摘要

1656 年的Relatio seu descriptiostatus relationis荷兰传道部的第三任使徒代牧雅各布斯·德拉托雷 (Jacobus de la Torre) 提供的不仅仅是一份行政报告。通过一系列广泛的历史题外话，他详细记录了荷兰传道部的历史，不仅记载了其近期的政治和宗教历史，而且还清点了其历史遗产。从当代世俗史学中汲取灵感，德拉托雷创造了荷兰传教团的“国家历史”，不仅颂扬荷兰天主教的宗教遗产，而且巧妙地利用历史影响正在进行的教会政治辩论。他利用历史论据将荷兰传教团确立为乌得勒支大主教管区的合法继承者，并定义了活跃在其领土上的各种神职人员群体之间的关系。