Stories of Paraná - Sao Tome walked here

Stories of Paraná - Sao Tome walked here

Sao Tome walked here
Marina Martins Gouveia
That's it. St. Thomas the Apostle who initially doubted the resurrection of Christ, walked by.
Right here in Paraná. And in life.
In the seventeenth century, no Christian living by these plagues dare doubt it.
After all, were the preachers themselves Jesuits who were in charge of disseminating information, soon transformed into a truth of faith. The Fathers to describe in detail the script followed by the saint in the territory that today is the Paraná, who won the forests, the cave where he rested, the river that quenched their thirst.
The Jesuit José Cataldino, for example, a narrative of 1613, tells us that St. Thomas has left in its wake River headwaters Piquiri and also walked the Guaira region and the mouth of the Iguaçu, where he preached to the Indians (which he preached says), posted the highest cliff of the falls.
It is worth mentioning, there are nearly two thousand years, fifteen centuries before, so the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese.
As the saint traveled to Palestine, where he lived hitherto been a mystery for many years.
He could have been transported miraculously and instantaneously, after all was holy.
More recently, however, the folklorist and believer Moniz Hector dedicated himself to trace the possible routes of the saint from the east into this Land of Santa Cruz.
Would be three possible paths, sustains Moniz.
The first two, across the Atlantic, including a passage through the mysterious Atlantis, the lost continent. The third, a route from west to east, including stints in Asia, Siberia, Bering Strait, Alaska, North America and Central and finally Brazil.
Whatever the path, ensures Moniz, "the raid of a disciple of Jesus has been the largest that records the history of mankind."
Obviously, Sao Tome was not only in Paraná in its passage through Brazilian territory.
In the northeast is believed that the saint also walked there, and Pernambuco are no marks on stone revered as indelible footprints of the saint.
But it was here, in Paraná, according to the Jesuits preached, that he had reserved a vital mission.
Was Sao Tome Guarani Indians who pointed to the nutritional properties of yerba mate, or "caá-Icira" and taught his method of preparation.
Hence why today São Tomé is the protector of yerba mate, who held the first major cycle state.
And, no doubt, a great story that the Jesuits counted.
Actually, it was learned later times, the priests only appropriated an Indian legend in order to more easily evangelizing the Guaraní.
For the original legend, was an envoy of his own Tupa called zume, who taught the Indians the preparation and consumption of mate.
Zume turned Thomas, envoy of the new Tupa came to announce that the Jesuits. The adaptation work.
While nothing original.

Marina Martins Gouveia, of Toledo, a retired teacher and researcher


Source: Stories of Paraná, Brasil.