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Christianity in South America (view source)
Revision as of 14:37, October 23, 2025
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Christianity was brought to South America (or Latin America) by Spanish and Portuguese Christian explorers. Sponsored by [[King Ferdinand V]] and [[Queen Isabella]] (the Catholic Monarchs), they came to the Americas just a few months after the Spanish reconquest of Spain and Portugal from the Muslim Moors of North Africa, completed in 1492, a few months before Columbus' discovery of America. "The Vatican granted to Spain and Portugal the ''patronato real de las Indias'', which gave their sovereigns the right to appoint all bishops within their territories, sealing the bond between the Church and Crown." <ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111025144653475</ref>
Christianity was brought to South America and [[Central America]] (or Latin America) by Spanish and Portuguese Christian explorers. Sponsored by [[King Ferdinand V]] and [[Queen Isabella]] (the Catholic Monarchs), they came to the Americas just a few months after the Spanish reconquest of Spain and Portugal from the Muslim Moors of North Africa, completed in 1492, a few months before Columbus' discovery of America. "The Vatican granted to Spain and Portugal the ''patronato real de las Indias'', which gave their sovereigns the right to appoint all bishops within their territories, sealing the bond between the Church and Crown." <ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111025144653475</ref>
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==Christianity in Central America==
[[Image:Central America.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Political map of the countries of Central America ]]
The predominant religion in [[Central America]] is Christianity.
===Christianity in Belize===
The main Christian denominations in [[Belize]] are [[Roman Catholic Church | Roman Catholicism]], which has about 31.8% of the population, followed by various [[Protestant]] groups such as [[Pentecostals]] (9.2%), [[Baptists]] (5.6%), and [[Seventh-day Adventists]] (4.7%). Other denominations include [[Anglicans]], [[Anabaptist | Mennonites]]<ref>https://countrystudies.us/belize/81.htm</ref>.
===Christianity in Guatemala===
===Christianity in El Salvador===
===Christianity in Honduras===
===Christianity in Mexico===
[[Mexico]] is also part of North America see [[Mexican and Caribbean Christianity]]
===Christianity in Nicaragua===
===Christianity in Costa Rica===
===Christianity in Panama===
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Mexican and Caribbean Christianity]]
*[[Mexican and Caribbean Christianity]]