God's Country

A New York law firm had a matter involving real estate in Louisiana. They asked a New Orleans firm to search the title and received a detailed report. The New York firm wrote back, that the report was fine as far as it went, but what happened before 1803? The New Orleans firm answered as follows:

“In 1803 the title was acquired from the Republic of France by purchase. The Republic of France acquired it from the Kingdom of Spain by conquest. The Kingdom of Spain acquired its rights by virtue of the discoveries of Christopher Columbus. Columbus,
before embarking on his voyage of discovery, received the blessing of the Pope
of Rome who is the Vicar on Earth of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Son of
God. God made Louisiana.”