Reflecting on the third chapter of “When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away,” it is obvious that the concept of trinity is essential to the political and religious structures to the Spanish conquest and colonization of New Mexico. I have noticed throughout history, that this concept of the trinity has been prominent, and with each, comes its advantages and perils. New Mexico brought us the viceroys, audiencia, and bishops. Viceroys held executive power over the provinces. The audiencia was a court of appeals, and the bishops were the form of the episcopate, charged with church administration.
Today, the structure isn’t too much different, and perhaps this is how the founding fathers wished. We have the executive, legislative, and judicial branch, which in many ways, parallel the trinity of the politics of New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Furthermore, Christianity has the holy trinity. This trio involving the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost.
Even the Pueblos have their own trinity in the two corn mothers and the father (discounting thought woman, as she was cast aside for the sins of the corn mothers). It is said that history has a way of repeating itself and this concept of the trinity is a broadened motif that has its foothold in ancient times and has become modified as times have passed by.
However, the Pueblos show us that each faction’s trinity is unique to its own liking. It is a doctrine that only works for that faction. The Pueblos didn’t want to assimilate to the catholic lifestyle. They had their own religious and political system that revolved in a manner that worked for them. It is seen throughout history that the members of the trinity generally disagree with each other during times of checks and balances. This in part, relays a Meta sense of disagreement between trinities. Submission is the destruction of beliefs. The Spanish political system placed too much tension between cultural lines, which ultimately led to the Pueblo revolt.
Chester Hendershot
Today, the structure isn’t too much different, and perhaps this is how the founding fathers wished. We have the executive, legislative, and judicial branch, which in many ways, parallel the trinity of the politics of New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Furthermore, Christianity has the holy trinity. This trio involving the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost.
Even the Pueblos have their own trinity in the two corn mothers and the father (discounting thought woman, as she was cast aside for the sins of the corn mothers). It is said that history has a way of repeating itself and this concept of the trinity is a broadened motif that has its foothold in ancient times and has become modified as times have passed by.
However, the Pueblos show us that each faction’s trinity is unique to its own liking. It is a doctrine that only works for that faction. The Pueblos didn’t want to assimilate to the catholic lifestyle. They had their own religious and political system that revolved in a manner that worked for them. It is seen throughout history that the members of the trinity generally disagree with each other during times of checks and balances. This in part, relays a Meta sense of disagreement between trinities. Submission is the destruction of beliefs. The Spanish political system placed too much tension between cultural lines, which ultimately led to the Pueblo revolt.
Chester Hendershot