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The Building of an American Catholic Church: The Episcopacy of John Carroll book cover

1st Edition

The Building of an American Catholic Church The Episcopacy of John Carroll

By Joseph Agonito Copyright 1988
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1988. The new-found freedom and changing attitudes towards Catholics after the American Revolution presented the Catholic Church with its first real opportunity to prosper in the English speaking "new world". But the Catholic Church could not take advantage of this opportunity unless it shook off some of its "old world" characteristics and became accustomed to the American... Read more

Preface;  Introduction;  Part One: The Establishment of an American Catholic Church;  1. The Election of a Bishop  2. Who Shall Govern the American Catholic Church?  3. American Catholic Relationship with Rome;  Part Two: Cleric-Lay Relations: Trusteeism;  4. The Trustee Controversy: Who Shall Govern the Parish Church?  5. The Trustee Controversy: An Analysis;  Part Three: The Spoken Word: An American Style;  6. The Use of the Vernacular in the Liturgy  7. The Need for Good Preaching;  Part Four: Catholic-Protestant Relationships;  8. Ecumenism – Living Side-by-Side  9. Catholic Opinion of Protestants and Protestantism;  Part Five: The Catholic Church and the "American Way";  10. The Catholic Church and "Americanism"  11. The Catholic Church and Religious Liberty;  Conclusions;  Bibliography

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Agonito, Joseph

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