Huei Tlamahuiçoltica, recounted in a phenomenally reliable oral tradition and then committed to writing in Nahautl in ca. 1570, within the same generation as the apparitions themselves.
Huei Tlamahuiçoltica, recounted in a phenomenally reliable oral tradition and then committed to writing in Nahautl in ca. 1570, within the same generation as the apparitions themselves.
“The work was initially published under the auspices of Dr. Pedro de Barrientos Lomelín, vicar general of the Mexican diocese, at the press of Juan Ruiz in 1649.”
Also, if the tradition was so “phenomenally reliable”, why is the story so inaccurate? For example, it says that in 1531 Juan Diego is running around having dealings with Bishop Zumarraga, who wasn’t even in Mexico in 1531. It seems to me, even if they were transmitting the story faithfully until it was published, at best, they were transmitting a demonstrably unreliable account.