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Catholic University Of America Studies In American Church History,
V36.
Catholic University Of America Studies In American Church History,
V36.
The Catholic Church remains one of the oldest institutions of
Western civilization. It continues to withstand attack from without
and defection from within. In his revision of "American
Catholicism," Monsignor Ellis has added a new chapter on the
history of the Church since 1956. Here he deals with developments
in Catholic education, with the changing relations of the Church to
its own members and to society in general, and especially with
arguments for and against the ecumenical movement brought about by
Vatican Council II.
The author gives an updated historical account of the part played
by Catholics in both the American Revolution and the Civil War, and
of the difficulties within the Church that came with the clash of
national interests among Irish, French, and Germans in the
nineteenth century. He regards immigration as the key to the
increasingly important role of American Catholicism in the nation
after 1820. For contemporary America, the author counts among the
signs of the mature Church an increase in Church membership, the
presence of nine Americans in the College of Cardinals in May,
1967, and the expansion of American effort in Catholic missions
throughout the world.
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