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Foundation and Founders

º Christian Rationalism Founded in 1910
Christian Rationalism was founded in 1910 in Santos, Brazil, by Luiz de Mattos who at the time was the Portuguese vice-consul in that city. Please read more about the foundation of this philosophy.

º Founders and Consolidators
Small biographies of the people who founded Christian Rationalism and of those who in the past and nowadays have been consolidating and expanding the doctrine all over the world.

º Luiz de Mattos
Luiz de Mattos the founder of Christian Rationalism was an extraordinary man. Find out about his life.

º Luiz Thomaz
The founder of Christian Racionalism, Luiz de Mattos might have not been able to implement this doctrine on Earth without the precious help of his great friend Luiz Alves Thomaz.

º Antonio Cottas
Antonio Cottas succeeded Luiz de Mattos as President of the doctrine when the latter disincarnated sixteen years after the foundation of Christian Rationalism. He is known as the Consolidator of this philosophy.

º Antonio Vieira
Antonio Vieira was a catholic priest who lived in the 17th Century both in Portugal and Brazil. But despite its association with a dogmatic doctrine he was already a Christian Rationalist without knowing it.

º Humberto Rodrigues
Humberto Rodrigues is the current President of Christian Rationalism and in a way he is also a consolidator of the doctrine. However his main objective is a well-balanced expansion of this philosophy throughout the world.