The association of Catholicism as the dominant religion in both of the enemy countries, France and Spain, is extremely important.

作为这两个敌国的国教,天主教会和法国及西班牙的联系举足轻重

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Because it's identified with the Spanish empire, with Spain, which not only wanted to extract taxes and to extract taxes and other revenue from its most prosperous province, but wanted to force people to remain Catholic.

因为天主教是与西班牙帝国联系在一起的,西班牙不仅从这个最富有的省份,榨取税收和其他收入,还想强迫人民保持天主教信仰

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