Well, when the Portuguese first set foot in Brazil, the people they found there had no concept of god.
It says so right there on the letter sent to the king.
I know that link doesn't have the whole letter, but here it is, in portuguese: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19pku...edit?hl=en
The important bit is
google translating....
It says so right there on the letter sent to the king.
I know that link doesn't have the whole letter, but here it is, in portuguese: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19pku...edit?hl=en
The important bit is
Quote:Parece-me gente de tal inocência que, se nós entendêssemos a sua fala e eles a nossa, seriam logo cristãos, visto que não têm nem entendem crença alguma, segundo as aparências. E portanto se os degredados que aqui hão de ficar aprenderem bem a sua fala e os entenderem, não duvido que eles, segundo a santa tenção de Vossa Alteza, se farão cristãos e hão de crer na nossa santa fé, à qual praza a Nosso Senhor que os traga, porque certamente esta gente é boa e de bela simplicidade. E imprimir-se-á facilmente neles qualquer cunho que lhe quiserem dar, uma vez que Nosso Senhor lhes deu bons corpos e bons rostos, como a homens bons. E o Ele nos para aqui trazer creio que não foi sem causa. E portanto Vossa Alteza, pois tanto deseja acrescentar a santa fé católica, deve cuidar da salvação deles. E prazerá a Deus que com pouco trabalho seja assim!
google translating....
Quote:It seems to me that people of such innocence if we understood their speech and they ours, would soon be Christians, because they do not understand nor have any belief, according to appearances. And therefore if the convicts that will stay here to learn well and understand their speech, they do not doubt that, after the holy intention of Your Highness, if Christians will and shall believe in our holy faith to which Our Lord pleases to bring them, because certainly these people are good and of a beautiful simplicity. And it will print them easily any stamp you want to give, since Our Lord gave them good bodies and good faces, like good men. And He bring us here to believe it was not without cause. And so Your Highness, for you so much want to add to the holy Catholic faith, should take care of their salvation. And it will please God to be with so little work!
