Os jesuítas na Amaz nia portuguesa: a "crise de voca es" e seus reflexos na Miss o do Maranh o e Gr o-Pará

This article analyses the actuationdirectives of the Jesuits in activity in Estate ofMaranh o and Gr o-Pará in the seventeenthcentury.Furthermore, it proposes to relate thesmall number of religious in the Mission withthe crisis of the apostolic vocation experiencedby the Order in Estate of Brazil. Thus, it isintend to give light on the reflections of thedualism existent inside the Society of Jesus dueto the option for the indian Missions or betweenthe activities related to the Schools of Order.