the “godless” Indians, Las Casas soon realized that it was he, the priest and missionary, who was living without God. Las Casas concluded that conversion could not be defined as accepting some theological proposition; rather, conversion had to be based on actions taken. To be converted to Christ meant being converted through the Christlike liberative actions in which one engaged. The actions of Las Casas, including his ownership of several indigenous people as slaves, gave witness that it was he