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This answer does not speak to the explorers, but to the priests and other missionary's then and now. The people were simply fulfilling the command of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 20:18-20, called the "Great Commission, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

If you are a Christian this commission is yours to fulfill.

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