Thus on paper the Natives remained immune from the constant Auto da fè to which all other 'enemies of God' were subjected, and from the danger of being judged in the Courts; at the same time all atrocities committed on them by the Inquisitors were never recorded or considered a crime. The murder of a Native, as was the case with the Africans, was considered as 'damage to property or animals' and therefore at most liable to a fine.
This will give strength to the ethnic cleansing carried out by church and state and a valid justification for the misappropriation of the wealth of American territory.
However, the work of Christianising the Natives had already begun some time ago and was spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas. A profound theological contrast was thus established in th
