Raised to believe in the supremacy of the pope and in other teachings of the church, they were confronted with new ideas spread by the Reformation, which was sweeping through Europe at the time.
في اوروبا القرن السادس عشر ،‏ واجه مرتادو الكنيسة معضلة كبيرة اذ لم يعرفوا ما هو الحق كي يؤمنوا به .‏