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How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America. by william b. kurtz. fordham, 250 pages, $35. I n recent decades, the Civil War has received an increasing amount of attention from historians. Some of this scholarship has focused on the role religion played in the war. In The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (2006), Mark Noll describes ...
Dec 3, 2020 · Gracjan Kraszewski’s fascinating book Catholic Confederates: Faith and Duty in the Civil War South should do much to change that image, as it shows the integral role that Southern Catholics ...
Jun 9, 2017 · The Church’s view of the issue of slavery during the Civil War can only be described as having been somewhat confusing. While New York Archbishop John Hughes spoke openly about slavery as an evil institution, “Catholics did not believe that the Bible condemned slavery and accepted it as part of man’s fallen nature.”.
Jacob F. Field. Catholic League, a military alliance (1609–35) of the Catholic powers of Germany led by Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, and designed to stem the growth of Protestantism in Germany. In alliance with the Habsburg emperors, the League’s forces, led by Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly, played a key role.
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Apr 20, 2011 · Seven archbishops, thirty-seven bishops, and two abbots led the opening procession. President Andrew Johnson and Washington’s mayor attended the closing session – a clear tribute to the role Catholics played in the war and to the growing Catholic presence in America. George J. Marlin is an editor of The Quotable Fulton Sheen and the author ...
When the war began, there were 2.2-million Catholics in the United States, 1.6-million of them Irish. The U.S. Sanitary Commission reported that 144,221 Irish served in the Union armed forces: 51,206 from New York, 17,418 from Pennsylvania, 12,041 from Illinois, 10,007 from Massachusetts, 8,129 from Ohio, 3,621 from Wisconsin, and 4,362 from ...
Sep 24, 2018 · Stunner: Dramatic history of a Catholic parish in Civil War. PD. J-P Mauro - published on 09/24/18. What a film could be made of this historical report! On the morning of July 1, 1863, the Civil ...
