The Pros And Cons Of Spanish Exploration

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Firstly, one reason they were exploring was, for the search of God. While the explorers were sailing, they also hoped to convert others to believe in God. For example, that could mean someone who believes in islam views being converted to, believe in Christianity. Even though, they were hoping to spread christian views, they wanted to stop the spread of the islam religion. While all of the above had taken place, the explorers also had groups of missionaries, hoping to move into unknown lands and spread christianity. By the imagination of the events above, there must’ve been many difficult situations that the explorers had to handle. While teaching the non - believers about christianity, it is obvious that the missionaries would have worry about the task of the teaching. The missionaries would have worry about the task because, they are basically going into land where they never have been before. …show more content…

Many explorers believed it was God's will to find new areas and countries. Spain was a very strong Catholic country. It was estimated that over two thousand heretics were burned down at the stake during the exploration. For a large part of the Spanish exploration, there was no religious freedom. Many Muslims and Jews were kicked out or killed during the Spanish Inquisition. One of the reasons the Spanish kings let Columbus sail to the new world was because there would be many people to convert to Christianity. However, instead of converting the Aztecs, Cortes slaughtered them. Despite the teachings and searchings being nearly impossible and full of worry, the missionaries were also putting their lives at risk. They were at risk because, the foreign lands that they were visiting, could’ve been infested with all types of diseases. In regards of it being a dangerous task, it all was completed by the

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