... there rose a trend in the later stages of conversion of the restatement of non-Christian beliefs and practices, as the Indians in Peru looked back to the Incas having settled after the first enthusiastic wave of Christianity: they would obey the need to fast during Lent, but would do so using Indian traditional methods; non-Christian holy objects began to be incorporated into the structure of Churches; and ancient Andean festivals were celebrated under the guise of Christian ones. The countryside remained pagan, and so although the traditional religion was destroyed there the old huacas were rarely replaced by saints2. Fundamental to the success of the Church in any state and especially in the period of its establishment in the New World was its wealth. In order to facilitate the spreading of the Word, the funding of community work and new buildings, and the payment of the clergy the Church required ...

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