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Did the organization of the Spanish Church limit its success in the New World?
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26th May 2004 Camilla Burdett C&C Did the organization of the Spanish Church limit its success in the New World? In order to decide whether or not the organisation of the Church limited or extended its success in the New World we must define 'success' and examine evidence for its achievement or otherwise. If the conversion of the Indians to Catholicism was one of the two main justifications of the Conquest then success may be defined by the extent and depth to which this occurred. The Jesuits realised, after the rush of the early achievements when progress was made relatively fast, that the conversions were in fact quite shallow: it was impossible to deny the fact that old beliefs remained, mingled with the newly imposed Christian doctrine. There were unavoidable similarities between Christianity and the old native religions: the Indians took to the custom of building churches and placing crosses on holy places...
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