Kimpa Vita Was Tried for Heresy and Burned at the Stake

question 117

Multiple Choice

Kimpa Vita was tried for heresy and burned at the stake because she

• A)was against the Jesuit missionaries.
• B)wanted the people of the Kongo to unite under a new king.
• C)attracted many Muslims to her doctrines.
• D)claimed that the capital San Salvador was evil and ordered it burned to the ground.
• E)claimed that Christ and the apostles were black men who had lived and died in the Kongo.

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