... them to hear the gospel." With this in mind, the Spanish were presented with a new dilemma - is it just to wage war with pagans? The Guanches were not like the evil Muslims; they were simply ignorant. The pope stepped in and provided an answer. He would grant spiritual and temporal lordship to the conqueror of any new land. If its inhabitants ... not actually based on faith, but on fear. This was a common act. "The result of all this was formal Christianization, understood as the acceptance of certain rituals that were the symbols of fundamental truths but the fulfillment of which did n...

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