Note 61 — Chapter XI · THE AUDIENCIA AND THE CHURCH: THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION

Lea, in his well-known work on The inquisition in the Spanish dependencies says that “while this branch of the Inquisition (referring to that in the Philippines) accomplished so little for the faith, it was eminently successful in the function of contributing to the disorder and confusion which so disastrously affected Spanish colonial administration” (p. 308). For a more detailed account of this episode see Cunningham, “The inquisition in the Philippines: the Salcedo affair,” in The Catholic historical review, III, 417–445.