Tag: Casas

The New Black Legend of Bartolomé de Las Casas

One of the earliest questions to arise among Spaniards from their initial encounters with the indigenous peoples of the New World was whether they were to regard and treat them as fully human. Many parties had a significant stake in the answer. If the indigenous were not fully human, they
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Bartolomé de las Casas on the Naturalness of Evangelization

Bartolomé de las Casas on the Naturalness of Evangelization Evangelization does not come naturally to most of us. You can sense this in the awkwardness you feel when you invite someone to come to Mass or talk to a non-believer about Eucharistic adoration. Then there is the deeper awkwardness of being
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