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→Reformation and Counter-Reformation
In 1517, [[Martin Luther]] began the [[Protestant Reformation]] with a public protest against the sale of [[indulgences]]. It grew into a movement that covered a wider variety of issues. Eventually, [[Protestantism|Protestants]] rejected the notions of saintly intercession, the authority of the Pope, and any sacraments other than [[Baptism]] and [[Communion]]. This movement eventually led to a Catholic revival (the "Counter-Reformation") and a series of religious wars in [[Europe]]. The Protestant-Catholic split became one of the dominant themes in European and American events until recent times.
In 1517, [[Martin Luther]] began the [[Protestant Reformation]] with a public protest against the sale of [[indulgences]]. It grew into a movement that covered a wider variety of issues. Eventually, [[Protestantism|Protestants]] rejected the notions of saintly intercession, the authority of the Pope, and any sacraments other than [[Baptism]] and [[Communion]]. This movement eventually led to a Catholic revival (the "Counter-Reformation") and a series of religious wars in [[Europe]]. The Protestant-Catholic split became one of the dominant themes in European and American events until recent times.
===Evangelization of the New Discovered lands by Spain===
[[File:guadalupe..jpg|thumb|150px|Artist's rendition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, based on the venerated image.]]
The [[History of Spain|Spanish Empire]] converted into Catholicism the indigenous people of [[the Americas]] and the [[Philippines]], having the miracle of the [[Virgin of Guadalupe]] that helped to convert millions in the New Spain Viceroyalty ([[Mexico]] nowadays).
The [[Catholic Monarchs]] asked the [[Salamanca]] University if the people of the [[New World]] were worthy of being evangelized, the answer was yes and this they were considered humans with a soul, like the Europeans. The ''Encomienda'' system was put in place, being reformed with the [[Burgos Laws]] against slavery. Queen Isabel the Catholic prohibited slavery on June 20, 1500,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acami.es/efemerides/20-de-junio-de-1500real-provision-de-isabel-i-de-castilla-prohibiendo-la-esclavitud/|title=20 de junio de 1500|publisher=Academia de Ciencia y Artes Militares|language=es}}</ref> following the Catholic doctrine and the advice of the Salamanca University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/2014-03-16/desmontando-la-falsa-leyenda-negra-de-isabel-la-catolica-1276513241/|title=Desmontando "la falsa leyenda negra" de Isabel La Católica|March 16, 2014|publisher=Libertad Digital|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/isabel-la-catolica-la-reina-que-libero-a-los-esclavos-KD24722080/|title=Isabel la Católica, la reina que liberó a los esclavos|date=February 28, 2019|language=es|publisher=La Razón}}</ref>
Thanks to the [[Conquistadors|Spanish Conquistadors]], human sacrifices made by the [[Aztecs]], [[Mayas]] and other groups ceased, having as allies other indigenous groups that were victims of the demonic system. [[Hernán Cortés]] liberated those groups with the help of they.
===1815 to 1914===
===1815 to 1914===