Columbus and Christianity: Did You Know? - Christianity Today
Columbus estimated the size of the Atlantic Ocean partially from reading his Bible. He had read in the Second Book of Esdras (in the Apocrypha) that God created the world in seven parts, six of...
Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia
His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America. The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Growing up on the coast of Liguria, he went to sea at a young age and traveled widely, as far north as the British Isles and as far south as what is now ...
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: Christian History …
1492 Oct. 12, Columbus lands in the Americas. 1493 Pope Alexander VI divides discovered lands between Portugal and Spain. 1502 First black slaves arrive in the Americas. 1503 Queen Isabella...
What were Columbus's religious motivations? What kind of religious legacy did he and his followers leave? How have those historical events affected what's happening religiously in Latin America today? We were fascinated, troubled, rebuked, and inspired by what we found. Christian history has a way of doing that.
The Authentic Christopher Columbus - CATHOLIC TRADITION
"Christopher Columbus is the discoverer of America, and by that discovery ultimately responsible for America's evangelization; and for this we should forever honor him."
1492 voyage fulfilled prophecy – Church News
Sep 26, 1992 · President Ezra Taft Benson stated in 1976 that "God inspired `a man among the Gentiles' who, by the Spirit of God, was led to rediscover the land of America and bring this rich new land to the attention of the people in Europe. That man, of course, was Christopher Columbus, who testified that he was inspired in what he did."
The Columbus Nobody Knows: Religious Belief Lay at the Heart of …
Oct 7, 1991 · Columbus interpreted the Scriptures in a very direct and personal way. He believed that God had given him the gift of spiritual intelligence, that he was a chosen instrument of God with a divine...
Christopher Columbus: Man of Destiny - Religious Studies Center
Several modern-day apostles and prophets have clearly stated that Columbus, as discoverer of the Americas, and also the Founding Fathers of the United States of America were instruments in the Lord’s hands in preparing America to become the seat of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in this last dispensation.
Columbus Landed in America - 1201-1500 Church History
Apr 28, 2010 · His very name Christopher, which means Christ-bearer, he understood as a title of his destiny to carry the message of the gospel to far-off lands. He diligently searched the Scriptures and thought he found assurance for a call to sail to the far reaches of the globe with the Christian message.
Christopher Columbus (c.1450-1506) – Open Anthology of Earlier …
Christopher Columbus is often known as an Italian explorer, colonizer, as well as the man who “discovered” America. He was born approximately between October 31, 1450 and October 30, 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, which is now Italy.