Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they ‘discovered’ and lay claim to those lands for their Christian Monarchs...
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The Doctrine of Discovery has had profoundly negative impacts on Indigenous Peoples for the last 500+ years. Governments and various organizations have used ...
United Church of Canada Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
We repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, which asserted that lands belonged to the Christian powers that ‘discovered’ them.
World Council of Churches Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
WCC statement on the Doctrine of Discovery and its enduring impact on Indigenous Peoples.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
A Unitarian Universalist Resolution To Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, and Implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Methodist Church Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Trail of Repentance And Healing.
United Church of Christ Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Calling for the United Church of Christ to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery Which Authorized the Genocide of Native Peoples and the Theft of Native Lands.
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ, the U.S and Canada) Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
That the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, meeting, July 13-17, 2013, in Orlando, Florida, acce...
Friends General Conference Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Minute on the Doctrine of Discovery, Approved July 25, 2012, New York Yearly Meeting Summer Sessions Silver Bay, New York
Rejecting the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and Forging a New Relationship with North America’s Indigenous People
Pope Nicholas V first articulated the Doctrine of Discovery in the papal bull Dum Diversas in 1452. The Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Chris...
Episcopalian Remembrance, Recognition and Reconciliation
Before we judge the papal edicts too harshly, we need to know of the Anglican connection to this Doctrine of Discovery.
A Episcopalian Sermon On Doctrine of Discovery
…the Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Christians have a right sanctioned by God to take non-Christian lands and property and assert political ...
Episcopal Church Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
That the 76th General Convention repudiates and renounces the Doctrine of Discovery as fundamentally opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our understand...
The Episcopal Church USA Statements on the Doctrine of Discovery
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
Presbyterian Church (USA) Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
A conversation on the doctrine of discovery will always entail a discussion of Native American or Indigenous lands. Moreover, because the doctrine has been a...