Valladolid debate

So enormous are the errors and scandalous propositions, contrary to all evangelical truth and to all Christianity that the Doctor Sepulveda has accumulated

Because of the rudeness of their heathen and barbarous natures, which oblige them to serve those of more elevated natures, such as the Spaniards possess.

Because of the gravity of their sins, particularly the practice of idolatry and other sins against nature.

For the spread of the faith; for their subjection renders its preaching easier and more persuasive.

On account of the harm they do to one another, killing men to sacrifice them and some, in order to eat them.

even won a moral victory over his talented opponent

all the wars, invasions, and conquests that have been made, have been tyrannical, contrary to justice and authority, and hence, in fact, null and void

the Bull of donation given by Alexander VI. charged the Spanish sovereigns with the right, or rather the duty, of converting the inhabitants of the New World to Christianity

ordered the India Council to assemble in Valladolid in conjunction with certain theologians and scholars, to decide whether or no wars for conquest might be justly waged against the Indians

Upon his arrival in Spain, he repaired at once to Valladolid where the court was usually in residence

Sepulveda petitioned the Emperor, who referred the matter to the Council of Castile.