Original sentence: "  He also states that "{i)f the country is distinctively Catholic — that is, if the population is almost entirely Catholic, and the national life and institutions are permeated with the spirit of Catholicity — the civil rulers can consider themselves justified in restricting or preventing denominational activities hostile to the Catholic religion."  He nevertheless observed that "a Catholic cannot advocate such a plan., Freedom of Worship (Paulist Press, 1947).Connell of the Redemptorist Fathers writes that "in a country like the United States, where the religious affiliations of the citizens are so numerous and so diverse, and where no single denomination is predominant, complete equality of religions is undoubtedly the most commendable policy.Connell, Francis J.If a Roman Catholic professes to support religious liberty, the doctrine of "indifferentism" makes this seem a temporary concession for the purpose of expediency.Its influence may be traced through the Renaissance to the rise of the Reformation.Statements from Vatican II may mark at least a partial retreat by the Roman Catholic Church from its traditional condemnation of "indifferentism," and the condemnation of religious liberty as a manifestation of this heresy.Statements such like Connell's are part of the basis for traditional American and British suspicion of the intentions of the Roman Catholic Church as a corporate body and political institution.These traditional Roman Catholic beliefs in "indifferentism" underlie the long hostility exhibited by Roman Catholicism towards the principles of freedom of religion and separation of church and state.When politically and numerically Roman Catholics hold the whip hand, the teachings of their church require them to curtail religious freedom for other faiths.Writing in Freedom of Worship, Francis J.on the grounds that all religions have a genuine, God-given right to exist
Edited sentence: Its influence may be traced through the Renaissance to the rise of the Reformation (see RATIONALISM)