Difference Between European And Native American Freedom

European and Native American ideas of freedom differed in that liberty and freedom were concepts that were natural ingredients to Native American government, where as for Europeans, freedom had a lot more to do with “Freedom in Christ” rather than freedoms within the government. Even though in Europe, women were being burned alive for being suspected of being witches and criminals were publicly whipped, they thought that the Natives were barbaric because they had no formal government. In addition, Eric Foner says, “In a sense, they were too free, lacking the order and discipline that Europeans considered the hallmarks of civilization” (Foner 13). European’s sense of freedom was based upon many historical and literary aspects, but one that draws major distinctions between Europeans and Natives in the concept of Christian Liberty.
Showing this is this selection from Pope Paul III Forbids Indian Slavery, “The sublime God so loved the human race that He created man in such wise that he might participate, not only in the good that other creatures enjoy, but endowed him with capacity to attain to the inaccessible and invisible Supreme Good and behold it face to face; and since man, according to the testimony of the sacred scriptures, has been created to enjoy eternal life and happiness, which none may obtain save through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, it is necessary that he should possess the nature and faculties enabling him to receive that faith; and that whoever is thus endowed should be capable of receiving that same faith”(Pope Paul III). This quote discusses liberty through salvation, and why it is important to European definitions of