Manoel Jacintho Coelho (December 30, 1903 – January 13, 1991) was a Brazilian writer and the founder of the religious movement Rational Culture.

Life

Manoel Jacintho Coelho was born to a musician family in

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. His father, Manoel, was a conductor and his mother, Rosa Maria, was a piano teacher. When he was thirteen, Manoel Jacinto was already a guitarist. The

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has become one of its specialties. At the age of eighteen, he joined the

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, the 1st Heavy Machine Gun Company at the Deodoro barracks in Rio de Janeiro. He worked for many years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty Palace, in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

On October 4, 1935, he began the elaboration of the Rational Culture composed of 1,000 volumes and entitled "Universe in Disenchantment", which he would only conclude on December 5, 1990, shortly before his death. The books were divided into five parts: * 1st - Work, composed of 21 volumes, * 2nd - Replica, composed of 21 volumes, * 3rd - Replica, composed of 21 volumes, * 4th - Historic, composed of 934 volumes and * 5th - Amarelões, composed of 3 volumes edited between 1935 and 1938.

Courses

The sixty-nine courses (subjects) covered by his encyclopedia are divided into two categories: those known to humanity, and those still unknown to humanity. 41 courses known to humanity: 28 courses unknown to humanity:

Awards

He received several national and international awards, including the Inconfidência Medal by the state of

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on April 21, 1986, and Medalha Doutor “Ulisses Guimarães”, the homage of the OPB - Order of Brazilian Parliamentarians - granted to Mrs. Atna Jacintho Coelho in memoriam of Mr. Manoel Jacintho Coelho - received on June 7, 2005.

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