Why did many missionaries disapprove of Spanish and Portuguese activities in Africa, India, and Asia?

a) The missionaries thought many of their secular colleagues were only interested in wealth and power and did not care about the souls of the native peoples they encountered.
b) The missionaries believed that their secular colleagues were not sharing enough wealth with the Church to help spread its missionary activities.
Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires.
c) The missionaries were concerned that many of the ship companies were populated with heretics and secret Jews and Muslims who would undermine their missionary program.
Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires.
d) The missionaries wanted to explore places where the natives had not yet heard the word of God, but the ship captains insisted on keeping to ports they had already visited.
Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires.


a) The missionaries thought many of their secular colleagues were only interested in wealth and power and did not care about the souls of the native peoples they encountered.

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