Abstract
The article discusses the Jesuits’ pedagogical performance from the review of concepts of missionary work in the colonial Brazil: teaching, education, and creation. The intention is to situate these concepts historically relating them to the Jesuit actions in indigenous settlements, colleges, and seminaries. The chronological framework begins with the arrival of the Jesuits and ends with the creation of the Seminary of Belém. The methodology was the analysis of historical documents with emphasis on the letters of Nóbrega and Navarro, the Vocabulario Portuguez e Latino, the Regulations of the Seminary of Belem, among others. Consequently, we believe that the concepts listed above have peculiar characteristics in the sphere of Ignatian activity in Brazil, without being mutually exclusive.
Keywords:
education; Jesuits; pedagogy; catechesis