THE COMPASS, THE CROSS AND THE TYPES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE
RELIGIOUS ISSUE FROM THE MASONIC PERIODICALS AND CATHOLICS IN RECIFE
Nineteenth-century Periodism; History of the Church, Freemasonry
The present work aims to analyze the Religious Question, which occurred between 1872 and 1875, based on periodicals produced by groups that defended the Ultramontane position of the Catholic Church and Masonic periodicals. The option for printed sources was due to the role that newspapers and periodicals had in nineteenth-century Brazilian society. They constituted true arenas of ideas where each group's worldview was reproduced, transmitted and, as far as possible, debated. Freemasons and Catholics took advantage of this space to allow their ideas to penetrate Recife society, where each person defended their position, seeking to garner support and express their point of view.