It opened by proclaiming Christianity as God’s one true faith. “God our Lord one and eternal created heaven and earth . . . God our Lord gave charge [of all peoples] to one man named Saint Peter, so that he was lord and superior of all the men of the world . . . and gave him all the world for his lordship and jurisdiction (señorio y jurisdicción).” It then acknowledged all those who had already chosen, rightly, to accept God’s message. “Almost all who have been notified [of this] have received His Majesty and obeyed and served him, and serve him as subjects . . . and turned Christian without
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