On Civil War's 150th anniversary, historian reflects on religion's role [CNA]

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Leegal said:
Acknowledged; I forgot about the Spanish influence in the South, as well as Catholics in Louisiana. No doubt there were some number of Catholics to be found in what became the U.S., outside of Maryland.

The Spanish had arrived about 100 years before the 13 colonies were formed.
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Famed Confederate general, James Longstreet, converted to Catholicism in 1877 while living in New Orleans.
 
Leegal said:
Acknowledged; I forgot about the Spanish influence in the South, as well as Catholics in Louisiana. No doubt there were some number of Catholics to be found in what became the U.S., outside of Maryland.

The Spanish had arrived about 100 years before the 13 colonies were formed.
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St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States. Surprisingly, Santa Fe, New Mexico is the second-oldest.
 
About the Spanish influence in certain states…too bad what was happening in Catholic Mexico could not have extended further…

I share from time to time that Catholic Mexico was the center for learning in the New World. The Spanish were already building universities and utilizing native Indians who had achieved their professorships…in the 1500’s…

And that Mexican women and girls were given the right to an education through Bishop Zumarraga, hundreds of years before North American women were given the same rights.
 
KathleenGee said:
I know that the Catholics settled in Maryland…went to parochial grade school, but I did not know that the Puritans had persecuted Catholics and burned our churches down.

It would be good to learn again about our Catholic history today…with the information society in full swing…

I think the more we understand one another, get the facts straight, good comes out of it.
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Puritans were in Virginia. Remember, they came here because of religious oppression. But Virginia decided upon a state religion – Anglicanism – so the Puritans of Virginia went to Maryland where they were given what is now Annapolis. Maryland had already enacted religious toleration in 1849.

The Puritans revolted in 1650 against the govenment which was governed by a Protestant appointed by the Catholic family that had the English charter to Maryland. The revolution lasted until 1658. The second Lord Baltimore (Cecilius Calvert) put down the revolution by ordering his Protestant governor to put down the revolt in 1654 – initially he was defeated by the Purtans. It took about 4 more years to put down the Puritan revolt. It is said that the Puritans burned all original Catholic Churches during the 8 years of the revolt. The Catholics – the Calvert family that founded Maryland – took back control but managed Maryland from England.

After the revolt was put down and the Catholic family regained control, they re-enacted the religious toleration act.
 
A little trivia,
Before he was killed, Joseph Smith had initiated a run for President, with eliminating slavery as a key part of his platform
He wrote in General Smith’s Views: “The Declaration of Independence ‘holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;’ but at the same time some two or three millions of people are held as slaves for life, because the spirit in them is covered with a darker skin.”12 Instead of simply calling for the abolition of slavery, Joseph Smith’s platform would have Congress “pay every man a reasonable price for his slaves out of the surplus revenue arising from the sale of public lands, and from the deduction of pay from members of Congress.”13
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