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What was the role of the Catholic Church in the growth of the new European civilization?
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∙ 11y ago
Roman Catholicism played a significant role in the assimilation of Native Americans to Christianity, and the suppression of their native religions. The Catholics, in particular, the Spanish, placed missionaries throughout North America, most notably in the Carolinas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and California.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoReligion played a major role in the settlement of North America. The Spanish brought Catholic missionaries with them with the intention of converting the natives who lived in their colonies. Many of the English colonists came to America seeking freedom from religious persecution.
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∙ 10y agoBoth Spain and Portugal have always been Catholic countries, so all lands settled by them would have been settled by Catholic Christian, whom, one would hope, had the salvation of souls in the front of their minds. Spanish and Portuguese explorers always brought priests with them when they sailed in exploration.
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∙ 10y agoWell, all of the original explorers to the new world were Catholics, and they always brought priests along with them. The other factor is that, as opposed to early Protestantism, Catholicism as always basically been a missionary religion from its very first days in Jerusalem, and when the new world was discovered, a big part was played by the desire to bring the new peoples to God.
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∙ 7y agoThey helped control the colonies and tried to set the main religion for the new world. Hope I helped.
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∙ 12y agoThe Catholic played their role by sending their missionary into South America.
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