Este artículo se centra en sermones novohispanos de la primera mitad del siglo XVIII. Luego de establecer las características fundamentales de la oratoria sagrada y del proceso de producción de sermones, se analiza un tema recurrente en las prédicas, especialmente presente en las páginas preliminares de los sermones impresos (licencias, aprobaciones, pareceres): la metáfora del sermón como moneda de buena ley.
This article focuses on sermons preached in New Spain, now México, during the first half of the eighteenth century. After establishing the basic characteristics of sacred oratory and after describing the production of a sermon as a process, this article discusses a recurrent topic in preaching, typically present in the preliminary pages of the printed versions (licenses, approvals): metaphor of the sermon as good law currency.
This article focuses on sermons preached in New Spain, now México, during the first half of the eighteenth century. After establishing the basic characteristics of sacred oratory and after describing the production of a sermon as a process, this article discusses a recurrent topic in preaching, typically present in the preliminary pages of the printed versions (licenses, approvals): metaphor of the sermon as good law currency.