In the fifteenth century, Portugal sent so called missionaries, accompanied by traders and explorers, to promote the Catholic faith and exploit the peoples of
All saints' days had been swept off the calendar along with Christmas and Easter, on the grounds that these were mixed "popish" ritual with pagan custom.
The reason believers are hated is because truth exposes sin: JN 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.. The King of the