A Response to Stafford Poole

Rather, my contention is that "arguments from silence are weakened to the degree that an event or tradition is less prominent during a particular source's lifetime and therefore less likely to be mentioned in their written records" (p. 250). [...]the fact that Guadalupan devotion was...

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Published inThe Catholic historical review Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 284 - 291
Main Author Matovina, Timothy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington The Catholic University of America Press 22.03.2014
Catholic University of America Press
Subjects
Analysis
Apparitions
Devotion
Disputatio
Documentary evidence
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Indigenous peoples
Narratives
Native peoples
Primary literature
Protagonists
Silence
Social history
Traditions
Mexico
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Summary:Rather, my contention is that "arguments from silence are weakened to the degree that an event or tradition is less prominent during a particular source's lifetime and therefore less likely to be mentioned in their written records" (p. 250). [...]the fact that Guadalupan devotion was decidedly local during its first century of development is an important consideration in assessing the relative weight of arguments from silence about it. [...]it was indeed a localized devotion over the first century of its development. [...]the fact that various sources report other miraculous events among indigenous peoples, which Father Poole notes in his response, does not invalidate the issue I posed.
ISSN:0008-8080
1534-0708
1534-0708
DOI:10.1353/cat.2014.0091