WHY WAS THE CATHOLIC RELIGION SO JELOUS WHEN AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED BY COLON? WHAT WAS THE EXCUSE FOR THE PEOPLE WHEN IT HAPPENED?
I am trying to make sense out of this question. Let’s see if this is what you are trying to ask. “Was the Catholic Church hierarchy troubled by discovery of a previously unknown new world? If so, how did the leaders of the Church explain the discovery to the people of the Church?” Contrary to a previous answer, the educated people in Europe including those in the Church were long aware that the world was round. Colon [Columbus] probably never realized that he had discovered a whole new hemisphere. He did recognize that he had discovered unknown lands, but wrote that they were part of Asia. He always claimed that one of his purposes of exploration was to convert souls to the Church. The Church sent missionaries with Columbus on his subsequent three voyages and with all voyages by other explorers from Catholic countries. There is no contemporary evidence of “shock” or “jealousy” in the church hierarchy when news of Columbus’ voyages spread. From all evidence, the Church viewed the discov
