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“Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars established churches and schools, conducted mass baptisms, and worked to recruit and educate a native class of priests to spread the Catholic doctrine.” (Hannon, p. 3)

“...Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls.” (Hannon, p. 3)

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“Religion touched on almost every aspect of the lives of people in the New World, many of whom worshipped at shrines and holy places and built huge temples and pyramids where religious rituals were conducted.” (Birth of a New World Religion - Shannon M. Hannon, paragraph 6)

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“Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts. Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death.” (3).

"...the birth of new religious culture, one that integrated aspects of pre-Hispanic indigenous religiosity into Catholicism and adapted some Christian beliefs and images to local traditions." (4).

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"Spanish zeal eventually enabled Catholicism to make great inroads into the New World. But in the process, New World Catholicism evolved into a religion that integrated aspects of indigenous beliefs into Catholic teachings and that adapted Christian concepts, images, and saints to local traditions."(3)

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“Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts. Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death.”
"New World Catholicism evolved into a religion that integrated aspects of indigenous beliefs into Catholic teachings and that adapted Christian concepts, images, and saints to local traditions."

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“Pope Alexander VI supported the queen by declaring the lands that Columbus discovered to be the lawful property of Spain, thereby sanctioning Spanish efforts to colonize the territories and convert the people.” (Reconquest and Religious Purification)
“wave after wave of Catholic missionaries flooded the Americas to carry out Spain’s mandate. ” (Reconquest and Religious Purification)

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1. “In some cases, they required the indigenous people to move into new communities, called doctrinas, supervised by the friars. Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts.” pg. 3

2. “Spanish zeal eventually enabled Catholicism to make great inroads into the New World. But in the process, New World Catholicism evolved into a religion that integrated aspects of indigenous beliefs into Catholic teachings and that adapted Christian concepts, images, and saints to local traditions.” pg .3

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“Based in part on her belief that Jews, Muslims, and other non believers had to be converted to Christianity, the Queen sanctioned the Spanish Inquisition and, by 1499, began a program of forced baptisms among the Muslim population”

(Reconquest and Religious Purification, page1)

“ Within three years, all Muslims in Granada who had not converted to Christianity were ordered out of the city, just as the Jews had been in 1492. These religious purification policies would have long-lasting consequences not only for non-Christians in Spain but also for the indigenous people of the Americas”

(page 1)

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"Within three years, all Muslims in Granada who had not converted to Christianity were ordered out of the city, just as the Jews had been

in 1492. These religious purification policies would have long-lasting consequences not only for non-Christians in Spain but also for the indigenous people of the Americas"(1)

"Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death"(3)

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"The Taínos, the first people Columbus encountered in the Caribbean, had complex hierarchical religious, political and social systems. They honored two primary deities: a

supreme god or creator, Yúcahu, the lord of cassava and the sea; and a fertility goddess, Atabey, the goddess of fresh water. Lesser deities, including the spirits of ancestors, were believed to live in trees, rocks, and elsewhere."

"Like many civilizations around the world, New World people believed in various forms of life after death and were often buried with items they might need in that afterlife."

"In the New World, where life revolved mainly around the cycles of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, people worshipped many gods, often in the form of agricultural gods representing powerful aspects of nature. Among the more universal deities were rain, sun, and moon gods, the earth mother, and gods of the dead, although important plants or animals were also worshipped, such as the maize god of the Mexicas."

the indigenous people of the New World worshipped spiritual forms of the resources that they needed and/or cherished.

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“In the New World, where life revolved mainly around the cycles of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, people worshipped many gods, often in the form of agricultural gods representing powerful aspects of nature. Among the more universal deities were rain, sun, and moon gods, the earth mother, and gods of the dead…” (pg. 2)

“Many cultures, including the Mayas and the Incas, considered their rulers divine and tended to regard their ancestors (particularly the founders of their political dynasties) as sacred.” (pg. 2)

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“In some cases, they required the indigenous people to move into new communities, called doctrinas, supervised by the friars. Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts.” (Catholicism Meets the New World, page 3)

“Throughout history, Christianity has incorporated aspects of the preexisting beliefs of the native populations whenever it was implanted in new lands, and in the Americas, the fusing of European and indigenous traditions was a defining feature of New World Catholicism.” (Catholicism Meets the New World page 3)

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“Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death.” (Pg.3)

"Catholic missionaries flooded the Americas to carry out Spain’s mandate." (Pg. 1)

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“Among the more universal deities were rain, sun, and moon gods, the earth mother, and gods of the dead, although important plants or animals were also worshiped, such as the maize god of the Mexicas.”

“Through hallucinogenic trances during religious ceremonies, the Taínos communicated with the gods, represented by both human and animal forms, to ask for protection and help with the harvest.”

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"Spain’s leaders, along with prominent theologians and priests, believed that only the Catholic Church could unify all of the wide-ranging and diverse aspects the New World cultures and represented the best hope Spain had to pacify the indigenous peoples." (Birth of a New World Religion)

"Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts. Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death." (Birth of a New World Religion)

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“Spanish zeal eventually enabled Catholicism to make great inroads into the New World. But in the process, New World Catholicism evolved into a religion that integrated aspects of indigenous beliefs into Catholic teachings and that adapted Christian concepts, images, and saints to local traditions.” (pg. 4)

"Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts. Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death. (Catholicism Meets the New World, page 3)

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1) “Incan, Mayan, and Mexican priests perform ritual human and animal sacrifices that took place during religious ceremonies, although the Incas and Mayas conducted sacrifices only during times of crisis or on special occasions. These sacrifices were performed to honor the gods, thank the gods for a good harvest, and maintain cosmic order.”(Birth of a New World Religion)

2) “Like many civilizations around the world, New World people believed in various forms of life after death and were often buried with items they might need in that afterlife. The Incas’ belief that a person could not enter the afterlife unless their body was kept intact led them to mummify their rulers and care for them as if they were still alive.”(Birth of a New World Religion)

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“Incan, Mayan, and Mexica priests performed ritual human and animal sacrifices that took place during religious ceremonies, although the Incas and Mayas conducted sacrifices only during times of crisis or on special occasions. These sacrifices were performed to honor the gods, thank the gods for a good harvest, and maintain cosmic order.” (2)

“In the New World, where life revolved mainly around the cycles of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, people worshiped many gods, often in the form of agricultural gods representing powerful aspects of nature.” (2)

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“Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts” (3)

“Throughout history, Christianity has incorporated aspects of the preexisting beliefs of the native populations whenever it was implanted in new lands, and in the Americas, the fusing of European and indigenous traditions was a defining feature of New World Catholicism” (3)

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“Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts. Most notably, in 1562, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa burned five thousand Mayan religious images and at least twenty-seven hieroglyphic rolls. Landa went on to stage his own inquisition, in which he tortured over four thousand Indians, 158 of them to death.”(Birth of New World Religion, Hannon)

“In many parts of Spanish America, Catholicism was also influenced by African spirituality. Although Spain required all African slaves convert to Christianity, some were able to keep alive certain of their beliefs and practices…”(Birth of New World Religion, Hannon)

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“New World Catholicism evolved into a religion that integrated aspects of indigenous beliefs into Catholic teachings and that adapted Christian concepts, images, and saints to local traditions.” (pg 3)

“But missionaries arriving in the New World in the 16th century faced the colossal challenge of making Christians out of large numbers of people who were not prepared to give up their long-held beliefs. (pg 3)

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“... people worshipped many gods, often in the form of agricultural gods representing powerful aspects of nature.” (2).

"Among the more universal deities were rain, sun, and moon gods, the earth mother, and gods of the dead, although important plants or animals were also worshipped, such as the maize god of the Mexicas." (1).

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“Frustrated by the local populations’ reluctance to accept Christianity, some priests tore down native temples and burned their spiritual artifacts." (3)

"But missionaries arriving in the New World in the 16th century faced the colossal challenge of

making Christians out of large numbers of people who were not prepared to give up their long-held beliefs." (3)

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“New World people believed in various forms of life after death and were often buried with items they might need in that afterlife.” (pg 2)

“In the New World, where life revolved mainly around the cycles of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, people worshipped many gods, often in the form of agricultural gods representing powerful aspects of nature.” (pg 1)