Spread Of Christianity: A Comparative Analysis
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At the same time, a heavily religious Europe found exploration to be an opportunistic chance to spread Christianity. A religious fervor began and missionaries flocked into the New World. Europeans felt that the natives, despite their barbaric ways, desired to receive the Christian faith. Therefore, an obligation to expose the native Indians to Catholicism led to an increased effort to convert them into Christians. In the Bible, the statement “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,” was representative of Europe’s aspirations in religious expansion. Natives were often blackmailed into accepting Christianity as the supreme religion. Proclamations requesting their cooperation would be delivered to them in European languages, which they could not