Talk:Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery

Asia and Africa?
Pretty good article so far. There is, of rticle has developed so much already with a focus on Latin America that perhaps its better just to rename it. Savidan 18:52, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Oblate missions
this article seems mostly, only about Jesuit missionary activity; in the Pacific Northwest the bulk of missinary activity and mission school-foundation was Oblate; I don't have time or materials to write up a proper section, perhaps somebody already with WP:Christianity would care to launch one; I can provide a listing of noted fathers - Adrien-Gabriel Morice comes to mind, but also Bhisops Demers, Durieu, Lejeune, de Smet (and lots more).Skookum1 (talk) 17:22, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Too cheerful
This article describes the positive sides and bluntly ignores negative sides of the church activities. What about the "Church and the slave trade", "Church and discrimination of natives"? Finally, protestants, the Manifest Destiny, and the genocide against Native Americans should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.168.146.136 (talk) 05:40, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Name change
As the title of the main article has been changed, this article should be titled, "Catholic Church and colonialism."--EastmeetsWest (talk) 21:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Secularisation
Very short section; text and links should also refer to the Reform Laws and Wars in Mexico, which occuppied Mexico during the 1830s and 40s up until the US-Invasion, and again throughout the 1850s and 60s. Indirectly, it led to the French Invasion and the reign of Maximilian I. and was only resolved in the 1870s. In Mexico, it continues in the 1920s and culminates in the Cristiada.189.234.222.47 (talk) 22:39, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Secularisation
Very short section; text and links should also refer to the Reform Laws and 830s and 40s up until the US-Invasion, and again throughout the 1850s and 60s. Indirectly, secularisation leads to the French Invasion and the reign of Maximilian I. and is only resolved in the 1870s. In Mexico, secularisation continues in the 1920s and culminates in the Cristiada. 189.234.222.47 (talk) 22:41, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Reword Needed: Emergence of the American Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church should be changed to Catholic Church and American Catholic Church should be changed to The Catholic Church in the United States. There are also several statements lacking sources in this section. In general, the article as a whole lacks focus. The Age of Discovery refers to a unique time in world history and covers a specific category of activity. Yet, this article discusses the Catholic school system in the 19th century.66.138.157.97 (talk) 18:13, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Shuffling of Topics needed....question is how?
I would like to see this article get some much needed attention eventually. However, I think it needs to be discussed how this article needs to be structured. There is absolutely no talk of the Catholic missionaries outside of the Americas in the lead, yet there are links of the Asia Missions. Also, I didn't see any links to the Jesuit Missions to the Hurons.

Though this idea can certainly be expanded upon, I think that the article needs to start in chronological order with the Missionaries (Franciscans, Dominicans, and Augustinians) that were to first to start missions in the Americas. Then the Jesuits can come in and the regions that they reached (Japan, China, Ethiopia, Canada (of course, not the names of the countries at the time) etc.). Other topics such as their influence from the Papacy in Europe or by kingdoms such as Spain and the School of Salamanca can be shown afterward. I suppose that interactions with the natives and the monarchs could be covered afterward. Though the Age of the Discovery in the proper sense ends in roughly the early 17th century, the suppression of the Jesuits and reforms such as the Bourbon Reforms of Spain and the Pombal reforms of Portugal in the mid-18th century probably can be used as the benchmark for the end of the Catholic Church's influence (in a significant manner) at the end. Of course a legacy section and criticisms (so long as their scholarly) can be still maintained.

Just want to get the ball rolling, so to speak. Does anyone have any suggestions to improve? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!LeftAire (talk) 21:48, 24 December 2014 (UTC)