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johnn48 t1_jedb187 wrote

Do you honestly feel that the Papal approval was the reason that the Europeans colonized non-Christian lands. Britain, who colonized Canada, was the largest Empire in the world, yet it’s a Protestant country. They didn’t need the Pope’s approval, in fact they probably said Fk the Pope. The US Supreme Court enshrined the Doctrine of Discovery, and America’s not a Catholic country. It’s simply used as an excuse for taking the land, clearly they don’t believe the Pope has the authority to tell countries what to do or Henry the 8th would still be married.

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Version-Easy t1_jeetirg wrote

not really even for catholics the conquistadors missions was to spread religion to the savages but when the Pope said in Pastorale officium that any one who participated in indigenous slavery was going to be excomunicated the conquistadors complained to the king of spain

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Version-Easy t1_jef5ujy wrote

it was one of their rules was before any violence was ensued they most first try to convince the natives to become subordinates to the king and church ie becoming good catholics of course the conquistadors were hypocrites as mentioned above because when the pope told them he did not like what they were doing in the name of the church they ignored /complained

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