PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST|THE REQUIREMENT An Ultimatum in God’s Name? “If you do not do this, . . . with God’s aid, I shall enter with power among you, and shall make war on you on all sides and in every way I can, and subject you to the yo...ke and obedience of the Church and of his Majesty; and I shall take your wives and children and make them slaves, . . . and I shall take your property and shall do you all the harm I can. . . . The deaths and harm which shall thereby come, will be by your fault, and not that of his Majesty, nor ours.” AS OFFICIAL declarations go, this may be one of the most bizarre. It is part of a proclamation known as the Requirement, el Requerimiento in Spanish, that during part of the 16th century, Spanish conquistadores had to read aloud when they landed in the Americas for the purpose of conquest. What exactly did the conquistadores proclaim to the local people, and why? Was God to blame for what political and ecclesiastical powers did, purportedly in his name? Learn More | AWAKE! JUNE 2013 | JW.ORGSee More An Ultimatum in God’s Name? | Portraits From the Past jw.org What was the goal of the document known as the Requirement? Was God to blame for what political and ecclesiastical powers did, purportedly in his name?
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