Charles C. Mann Quote
The monks explain that they have been sent by the one who on the earth is the greater speaker of divine things, the pope, to bring the venerable word / of the One Sole True God to New Spain. By worshipping at false altars, the friars say, you cause Him an injured heart, / by which you live in His anger, His ire. So infuriated was the Christian God by the Indians’ worship of idols and demons that he sent out the Spaniards, / … those who afflicted you with tormenting sorrow, / by which you were punished / so that you ceased / these not few injuries to His precious heart. The Triple Alliance was subjugated, in other words, because its people had failed to recognize the One True God. By accepting the Bible, the priests explain, the Mexica will be able to cool the heart / of He by Whom All Live, / so He will not completely destroy you.
The monks explain that they have been sent by the one who on the earth is the greater speaker of divine things, the pope, to bring the venerable word / of the One Sole True God to New Spain. By worshipping at false altars, the friars say, you cause Him an injured heart, / by which you live in His anger, His ire. So infuriated was the Christian God by the Indians’ worship of idols and demons that he sent out the Spaniards, / … those who afflicted you with tormenting sorrow, / by which you were punished / so that you ceased / these not few injuries to His precious heart. The Triple Alliance was subjugated, in other words, because its people had failed to recognize the One True God. By accepting the Bible, the priests explain, the Mexica will be able to cool the heart / of He by Whom All Live, / so He will not completely destroy you.
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