Published: 2021-08-27

The beginnings of the Catholic Church in the English colonies in North America

Wojciech Roszkowski
Christianity-World-Politics
Section: Miscellanea
https://doi.org/10.21697/CSP.2021.25.1.16

Abstract

The article presents the origins of the Catholic Church in the English colonies of North America, with particular emphasis on Newfoundland, Baltimore and the state of Maryland. The article presents the enormous influence of Catholics on the formation of the American tradition of religious tolerance, which was then somehow incorporated by the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Keywords:

Catholicism in the USA, the United States, religious tolerance, religious freedom

Citation rules

Roszkowski, W. (2021). The beginnings of the Catholic Church in the English colonies in North America. Christianity-World-Politics, (25). https://doi.org/10.21697/CSP.2021.25.1.16

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