Portuguese Colonization of Brazil For centuries, the earth’s Western hemisphere was hidden from all that was happening in Europe. No one even imagined North, …
Bible History
Our Lady of Aparecida
Our Lady of Aparecida The year was 1717. According to tradition, three men went down to the Paraíba River to fish. Having a run of bad luck, they prayed to …
Hernán Cortés and the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés and the Aztecs In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and a group of 500 men, 16 horses, and 11 ships landed at Veracruz on the coast …
Spain and Portugal Divide the New World
Spain and Portugal Divide the New World The year after Columbus discovered the Americas, Pope Alexander the VI issued a papal decree known as The Inter …
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Juan Diego & “The Virgin of Guadalupe”
Juan Diego & “The Virgin of Guadalupe” Juan Diego was a 57-year-old Aztec convert to Catholicism. According to tradition, he was walking through this …
Francisco Pizarro and the Incas
Francisco Pizarro and the Incas Atahuallpa was the last ruler of the Inca Empire. In 1532, while he was off enjoying the hot springs in the northern part of …
Captain Morgan and the Brethren of the Coast
Captain Morgan and the Brethren of the Coast By the 17th century, the Spanish empire started to waver, along with its religious monopoly on the Caribbean. …
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Sir Francis Drake and the Privateers
Sir Francis Drake and the Privateers Following Christopher Columbus, the Spanish enjoyed a monopoly over the spread of Catholic Christianity in the Caribbean …
Bartolome’ de Las Casas
Bartolome' de Las Casas In 1503, about a decade after Christopher Columbus landed in Hispaniola, Queen Isabella issued a decree that granted certain Spanish …
Christian History in Central Asia
Christian History in Central Asia When we think of Christian history, most of us think of a story that moves westward. We think of new believers moving to …