Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
BISHOP CARROLL
Times of Patriot and Priest Who
Was First Bishop and
Archbishop in y. S.

"The Life and Times of John Car
roll' Encyclopedia Press, New YORK;
is a monumental work in more ways
than one. Its nearly one thousand pages
contain not merely the details Of the
notable career which it celebrates put
also foreview of the Catholic Church
in the United States and compact MS
tory of Its most significant period. the
formation OF the hierarchy at time
when the essential democratic doctrines
Of Americanism were impressed on the
relation between Church and state. 1t
also contains a definite Interpretation
OF Catholic ideals as related TO re-
public under which the Church in the
United States has waxed and prospered.
The author is Peter Guilday. profess
sor Of history in the Catholic Uni.
versity Of America and docteur or
sciences. morales ct historiques OF th'
University of Louvain. DR.. Guilday ~
a historical specialist OF the new school
and there is nothing old fashioned about
this important work on his specially to
which he has devoted lifetime OF re.
search and also life's devotion-nnd
there Is nothing either bigoted or re-
ligiously partisan about 1t.
DR.. Carroll, of the eminent Maryland
family, which contributed Charles Cnr-
roll. the last Of the signers of the
Declaration and Daniel Carroll. one OF
the founders of the Constitution, him
self was also a Revolutionary patriot.
He Is reputed to have been called 'the
rebel bishop by King George III, some
years after the revolution and his great
influence in uniting American Catholics
back Of Washington denounced in the
same quarter.
With DR.. Franklin. DR.. Carroll was
one Of the commissioners appointed by
the Continental Congress to treat with
Canada toward participation in the
Revolution, move which failed owing
to quite other circumstances.
DR.. Carroll conceived the ecclesiasti- :
cal policy which has since guided his
followers and planned the development
of Catholicism in the new nation along
lines which still survive. His policy has
determined the relations between Cath :
olics and their fellow citizens, estab-
lished q new order in relations between
civil and ecclesiastical authorities upon
his own well-known democratic prin-
ciples frustrated many attempts, Eng
lish, German and Irish, to inject foreign
domination upon the young American
Church and kept Catholics free of for
eign entanglements, following Wash =
ingtons farewell bchest blazing the
path afterward followed by James Car
dinal Gibbons and Archbishop John
Ireland in fighting Cahenly ism. His
work was fundamental in accustoming
Catholics to live entirely in accord with
the constitution, institutions and spirit
| of American life.
All these things and many others DR.
C,,t lay aat., .nll taI Il
in fascinating style. His book. though
its access to numerous letters and docu :
ments, in England, France. Rome ant
| the United States. hitherto little used
or undrawn upon, is an important con
tribution not only 70 Catholic history
but also TO American history.
1t Is Of special interest to Phladel
phians since many odd pages and somt
chapters are devoted to the history Of
the Catholic Church and the establish.
ment of its hierarchy in Philadelphia.