learn more about his religion. The priest was delighted and began formally instructing her in the prayers and rituals of his faith. Kateri was baptized in 1676. She took the name Kateri in honor of Saint Catherine. Kateri’s community did not support her
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Christianity: The group of religions based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Harper’s Weekly: A popular weekly newspaper.
heresy: A belief or practice that is contrary to a religion’s teachings.
midwife: A woman trained to deliver babies.
persecution
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survived a serious accident, and concluded that God saved her. She began to devote more time to religion. She also decided to become a healer. In 1645 one of the nuns in the convent, impressed by Úrsula’s devotion to religion, purchased her freedom. After
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England for the New World to start their own settlements where religion would govern daily life.
St. Georges: The first permanent English settlement of Bermuda.
tribe: Bermuda community.
How does the court go about determining whether Jeane
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. Jesuits in New France were devoted to the task of converting Native communities to Catholicism.
mission: When a group of religious people travel to a foreign land to carry out religious work, including convincing people to convert and join their religion
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chose excommunication, gathered her fellow Anabaptists, and set out once again to find a place where they could practice their religion in peace.
At the same time that Deborah was standing trial in Massachusetts, Director Willem Kieft of the Dutch West
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hacienda: A large farm or ranch with a central house.
heretic: A person who believes or practices something outside of an established religion.
Holy Office of the Inquisition: A religious court that had the authority to try people for crimes against the
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Puritans: A group of English Protestants who left England for the New World to start their own settlements where religion would govern daily life.
steward: A person who looks after another person’s property.
terminate: Ended.
tydings: News.
twain
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as she wished.
Over the next twenty-five years, Sor Juana became famous for her poetry and prose on topics like love, religion, feminism, and women’s rights. Ultimately, her work drew criticism from the religious authorities, who were appalled that a
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Americas, a common punishment for enslaved people considered “too rebellious” or hard to control.
baptize: To be made a member of a Christian Church.
Catholic: A Christian who follows the pope in Rome.
Christianity: The group of religions based on
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