What role did the Catholic Church play in transforming the New World and the indigenous population?

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Evelyn Clay

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2 September, 13:38

What role did the Catholic Church play in transforming the New World and the indigenous population?

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Johnathon Floyd · Answer 1

He saw the Indians that lived there as a labor source that should be christianized and used for the greater good of the church. Two papal bulls were issued in the year of 1493 that established the Spanish position in the New World. They also established the role that the church was going to play in the New World.