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Why did missionaries attempt to align Indigenous gods with Catholic religious icons? (1 point)
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It allowed Indigenous peoples to continue practicing their religion but pretend to convert to Catholicism.
• Missionaries avoided any support or use of Indigenous cultural beliefs.
• It demonstrated the inadequacy of Catholic religious doctrine.
It made Catholicism seem more familiar and the conversion process easier for Indigenous peoples.
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It allowed Indigenous peoples to continue practicing their religion but pretend to convert to Catholicism.
• Missionaries avoided any support or use of Indigenous cultural beliefs.
• It demonstrated the inadequacy of Catholic religious doctrine.
It made Catholicism seem more familiar and the conversion process easier for Indigenous peoples.
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It made Catholicism seem more familiar and the conversion process easier for Indigenous peoples.
(Aligning gods with saints/sacred icons was a strategy of syncretism to ease acceptance of Christianity.)
(Aligning gods with saints/sacred icons was a strategy of syncretism to ease acceptance of Christianity.)