USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Europeans tried to convert them because they thought the natives had no God, but how were they to know that when they took no time to learn about the native culture? It is not safe to make assumptions about someone else’s culture when one has not taken the time to get to know it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most denominations accept one’s baptism performed by another denomination. Nearly always, the baptism must have been with water and performed in the name of the Trinity. Such converts are usually received by a formal rite which normally also includes taking communion in the denomination and possibly being confirmed.

Detailed explanation-3: -In many cases, the Spanish missionaries led the settlement and early government of these remote outposts. Spanish missionaries were people who were sent by the Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish royal authorities to other lands to convert people to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-4: -One key reasons Christianity was able to spread throughout this vast empire was that many people viewed the new religion as something they could easily adopt without having to change their existing cultural and religious practices.