Diocese de Viana – Maranhão: disputas de poder nos bispados de Dom Hélio Campos e Dom Adalberto Paulo da Silva

Abstract

RESUMO:O estudo objetivou analisar as relações Igreja/ Estado, a partir das práticas dos bispos Dom Francisco Hélio Campos (1969Campos ( -1975 e Dom Adalberto Paulo da Silva (1975Silva ( -1995 (1969)(1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975) and Dom Adalberto Paulo da Silva (1975Silva ( -1995 in the diocese of Viana, understanding that both carried in their values and practices Religious elements of reiteration and / or conflicts with these institutional orientations and political disputes that mark the position of the church in the period of dictatorship. Thus, with the intention of encompassing the work of the two bishops, the temporal cut was made from 1969 to 1985. In specific terms, the research investigated the views of bishops Dom Hélio Campos and Dom Adalberto Paulo da Silva on Church / doctrine and its Describing the performance and political and religious positions of the bishops in the diocese of Viana; The religious views on the politics of the country were analyzed. In the methodological field the documentary research was used from the archives available in the empirical field -the State Public Archive of Maranhão, where documents were found about the work of the clergy of Viana. The archives of the Political and Social Order Office of Maranhão (DOPS-MA) were searched. In addition to the DOPS files, another field was the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT). There were also interviews with 10 agents directly or indirectly connected with the work of the bishops. It was realized how the recognition of each bishop was built both in the diocese of Viana and in the State through practices of power.