摘要：The Jesuitic reductions in Paraguay were characterized for establishing a place
of direct and continuous contact between Christianity and the natives. The priests seeked to
offer Indians guidance on an everyday basis to the Christian life through masses, preaching,
teaching and sacraments. Sacramental confession, above all else, had a fundamental role since
it served not only as a way of redemption to the sinners, but also as a way for priests to keep
themselves informed about the progress of evangelization in the reductional environment: they
believed that the more confessions that were performed, the more widespread would Christian
religion be in native life. The present article will analyze how the assimilation of the sacrament
came to be among the Indians and how Ignatian discourse adapts itself to the difficulties that
arise.
关键词：Jesuitic reductions; Sacramental confession; XVII century
