A Popular History Of The Catholic Church In The USA
Publisher: D. & J. Sadlier
Published: 1877
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Description: 5th Ed.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Prefaces, v, xxv.; title: Letters, ix.; title: Press Notices, xviii.; title: Contents, xxix.; title: Biographical Index, xxxvi.; title: BOOK I.; title: INTRODUCTION.; title: THE EARLY CATHOLIC DISCOVERIES — COLUMBUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS.; title: Our Centennial — Poetry — Catholicity no Stranger in the New World — Found Everywhere — Its Present Numbers — Bird's-eye View of Europe in the Fifteenth Century — Protestantism Unknown — Catholic Progress — Columbus — The Mysterious Atlantic — The Lofty Motives of America's Discoverer — His Difficulties — The Discovery Due to a Lady, a Mariner, and a Monk — The Voyage — The first Hymns heard on the Atlantic — San Salvador — Homeward Bound — A TempeSt. and a Vow — The Great Admiral safely home — Rejoicing, and Grand Reception by the Spanish Sovereigns — The Catholic Successors of Columbus — The Cabots — Ojeda — Ponce de Leon — Balboa — Magellan — Cartier — De Soto — Champlain — Marquette — La Salle 1; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE INDIANS AND THEIR APOSTLES.; title: The Wild Scenes of Four Centuries Ago — The Indians — The Various Tribes, Languages, and Customs — The Lord's Prayer in four Indian Languages — How they made War and Built Fortresses — Indian Government and Religion — The Apostles of the Indians — How the Spaniards established their Missions — The English — The French — How the French Jesuits Lived — Missionary Difficulties and Heroism — Winter Trials of the Blackrobe — Magic — The Shadows of Indian Life — The Priests suspected of being Conjurors — Oddity of the Indian Mind — Character of the Red Men and their Apostles 31; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE EARLY INDIAN MISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. A.D. 1528 — 1776.; title: The Mysterious Ways of God — Columbus — The first Catholic Church in America — Many Millions of Converts — Las Casas — The Spanish Missions, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, California — The English Missions, Maryland — The French Missions, Maine, New York — Vermont — Wisconsin and Michigan — The Mississippi Valley — Catholicity and the Indian — A Comparison — Something to Ponder. 99; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE COLONIAL CHURCH — MARYLAND, "THE LAND OF THE SANCTUARY." (1634 — 1775.); title: The Church on a Thorny Road — The Mother of Bigots — Lord Baltimore and his Colony — The Landing — A "Cross in the Wilderness" — Liberty — Warmed Vipers — Catholic Liberality and Protestant Intolerance — The Maryland Penal Code — Pennsylvanian — New York — New England — Summary and Conclusion 188; title: BOOK II.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE CATHOLICS AND THE REVOLUTION. (A.D. 1775-'83.); title: Battling for Freedom — Catholic Conciliation as a Policy — Charles Carroll — "The Lexington of the Seas" fought by a Catholic — Commodore Perry, the "Father of the American Navy" — Rev. Dr. Carroll as a Patriot-Gen. Moylan — Generosity of Catholic Merchants — Washington's Life-Guard — Catholic Ireland — Catholic France Aiding us on Land and Sea — Generous Catholic Spain — Catholic Poland — The "faint-praise" School of Writers — The Death of Tyranny — A New Star arises 188; title: CHAPTER II.; title: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM — ITS RISE AND PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: Great Changes are the work of Time — The Dawn of Freedom — The first Tocsin Note of Religious Liberty — The first Amendment to the Constitution due to Catholics — Bishop Carroll's narrative — Unextinguished Intolerance — Various States where Catholics were long Excluded from Office — New Hampshire — Catholicity the Mother of Freedom — Religious Bigotry in America due to the Persecuting Power of England 178; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE CHURCH IN THE YOUNG REPUBLIC. (A.D. 1776 — 1790.); title: The English Vicar- Apostolic — Dr. Carroll's Opinion — The New Prefect Apostolic — Dr. Franklin and Rev. Dr. Carroll — An Item from Dr. Franklin's Diary — The Te Deum at Philadelphia — Washington at Mass — New York City — John Jay an exquisite Bigot — The laSt. specimen of English Tyranny in our Country — Mass on a top floor — Roving Priests and obstiuate Laymen — Boston — Washington and the Pope's effigy burners — Catholic France melting the ice of Bigotry — Only thirty Catholics in Boston at the close of the Revolution — Rev. John Thayer becomes a Catholic — The first Bishop of the United States — His Consecration — first sermon in Baltimore- -Catholic statistics — Archbishop Carroll and President Washington compared. 191; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE TO THE DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL. (A.D. 1790 — 1815.); title: Truth battling for her Children — A spiritual Hannibal — Synod of Baltimore — The French Revolution — first Mass in Charleston, S. C. — The Church in Kentucky — The young Prince-PrieSt. — Mysterious Events in Virginia — The Apostle of the Alleghanies — The brave Captain McGuire — A Forest Journey — The first midnight Mass in the Alleghanies — The first Church in Boston — Pioneers of the Faith — Dark Pictures and Lively Letters — Immigration — Four new Sees — Rebellious Children of the Church — The Seal of Confession — Dedication of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York — Other Events — Death of Archbishop Carroll 202; title: CHAPTER V.; title: FROM THE DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL TO THE ELEVATION OF NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, AND NEW ORLEANS TO THE RANK OF METROPOLITAN SEES. (A.D. 1815 — 1850.); title: Archbishops Neale and Marshal — A Miraculous Cure — The first Provincial Council of Baltimore — Drs. Whitfield and Eccleston — Succeeding Connells — Pius IX. — Letter inviting him to America — The Church in Pennsylvania — Scandals — Troubles — Progress — Dr. Kenrick — Church Burning — "Nativism" — The Church in New York — Dr. Connolly — Difficulties — Conversions — Irish Immigration — Dr. Dubois — Dr. Hughes — The Church in New England — Drs. Cheverus and Fenwick — The Boston Mob destroys a Convent — Progress — Anecdotes — The Church in the Southern States — In the Western States — Dr. Fenwick — Dr. Purcell — State of the Church in 1850 282; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: FROM THE FIRST PLENARY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE TO THE CREATION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CARDINAL, AND THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. (1850 — 52 TO 1876.); title: A Stirring Quarter of a Century — Death of Dr. Eccleston — Dr. Kenrick — The first Plenary Council — Bishop Ives becomes a Catholic — San Francisco — New Dioceses — Origin of Know-Nothingism — The Papal Nuncio — Italian and German Refugees — Scoundrelism Rampant — A Fierce Collision — Fanaticism Revived — Mad Preachers — The "Angel Gabriel" — Mob Role and Church Burnings — Father Bapst Tarred and Feathered — Father Vetromile's Adventure — Growth of Catholicity — The Civil War — Catholic Charity and Heroism — Death of Doctors Kenrick and Hughes — Peace — The Second Plenary Council — New Dioceses — The Council of the Vatican — Death of Dr. Spalding — The first American Cardinal — Statistics of Progress 300; title: BOOK III.; title: THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF THE UNTIED STATES.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF MEN.; title: Introductory Remarks — The Franciscans — Dominicans — Jesuits — Augustinians — Sulpitians — Trappists — Lazarists — Redemptorists — Congregation of the Holy Cross — Fathers of Mercy — Congregation of the Most Precious Blood — Benedictines — Christian Brothers — Missionary Oblates — Brothers of Mary — Passionists — Xaverian Brothers — Paulist Fathers — Table of Statistics 349; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF WOMEN.; title: Introductory — The Ursulines — Carmelite Nuns — Visitation Nuns — Sisters of Charity — Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul — Sisters of Loretto — Sisters of Charity of Nazareth — Ladles of the Sacred Heart- Sisters of St. Joseph — Sisters of Providence — Sisters of Notre Dame — Sisters of the Holy Cross — Sisters of Mercy — Sisters of the Good Shepherd — School Sisters of Notre Dame — Presentation Nuns — The Little Sisters of the Poor — Table of Statistics 393; title: BOOK IV.; title: CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE CATHOLIC COMMON SCHOOLS.; title: Catholicity and True Education — What Judge Dunne says — History of our Catholic Schools — Chief -Justice Taney's account of Early Catholic Education — The Councils and Catholic Schools — The Religious Orders — Statistics — Glance at the interior of an American Catholic School 435; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: The Solution of a Great Problem — The Public Schools and Religion — Danger to the Faith of the Catholic child — A Cruel Grievance — An Example — Freedom of Education a Right — Educational Despots — The Growth of Corruption — Danger of Knowledge without Religion — Religion and Refinement — Germany and Instructed Boors — A Sophism answered — What Catholics Ask — How to get it. 438; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE CATHOLIC FEMALE ACADEMIES.; title: Historical Sketch — Pioneer Educators — Alice Lalor — The Ursulines — Mother Seton — The Ladies of the Sacred Heart — Other Orders — Superiority of Convent Education — Sketches — The Georgetown Academy — Emmittsburg Academy — St. Mary's of the Woods — Manhattanville Academy — Mount St. Vincent — St. Mary's Institute — Others — Table of Statistics. 440; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: THE CATHOLIC COLLEGES.; title: Catholicity and Learning — The Christian Schools of the EaSt. — The Great Monastic Schools — Ireland — Great Britain — The Course of Studies in these Schools — The Rise of the Universities — Founded by the Catholic Church — Catholic Students and Professors — Bologna, Padua, Oxford, and Paris — What constituted a University — The Degrees — Piety — Rise of Catholic Colleges in America — The Penal Laws — Historical Sketch — Georgetown College — Mount St. Mary's College — St. Louis University — St. Joseph's College — St. Xavier's College — St. John's College- University of Notre Dame — Villanova College — College of St. Francis Xavier — Santa Clara College — Manhattan College — Seton Hill College — Rock Hill College — La Salle College 448; title: CHAPTER V.; title: THE CATHOLIC ECCLESIASTICAL SEMINARIES.; title: The Council of Trent and Seminaries — Historica. Sketch — Seminary of St. Sulplce — Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo — St. Vincent's Seminary — Mount St. Mary's of the West — Seminary of Our Lady of Angels — St. Joseph's Seminary 468; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, AND THE COMING CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.; title: Defects of our Elementary Schools — Female Academies — The Colleges — Dr. Brownson's Opinion — More Thorough Study of Philosophy, History, and Religion necessary — Balmes' "European Civilization" — Wanted an English Text-Book on Philosophy — American Culture — Small Colleges — The Coming Catholic University — Why it is Wanted 471; title: BOOK V.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE CATHOLIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES.; title: Catholicity the Guardian of Letters — The Fathers of the Church — The Monks — The Church and Poetry — The first Hymn of Christianity — Others — Literature and Truth — English History an Engine of Calumny — Corbett's Saying — Literature and its Divisions — The Missionary Period — Various early Works — An early Catholic Poem — Thayer — Carroll — De Crevecceur — Robin — Carey 483; title: CHAPTER II.; title: AMERICAN CATHOLIC LITERATURE DURING THE first HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (A.D. 1800 TO 1850.); title: Historical Writers — Caiy — Pise — Fredet — McSheny — Biographical Writers — Campbell — Brent — Mooney — Botta — Poets — Shea — Cannon — Mrs. Seton — Walsh — Religion — Gallitzin — England — Kohlman 493; title: CHAPTER III.; title: AMERICAN CATHOLIC LITERATURE FROM 1850 TO 1876.; title: History — Biography — Fiction — Religion — Travels — Essays and Reviews — Poetry 500; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: CATHOLIC ART, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: Catholicity the Mother of Art, Science, and Philosophy — A Glance at the Past — England — Early Hostility of Protestantism to Science and Learning — Italy — Catholic Science in the New World — The Catholic Missionaries as Scientists and Philologists — Kenrick's Theology — Law — Other Scientific Writers — Catholic Art in America — Oratory — Philosophy — Can Science conflict with Catholicity? — The United States and Higher Science — A Catholic University needed. 534; title: CHAPTER V.; title: CATHOLIC JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: Introductory — The Weekly Catholic Press — The Magazines — The Quarterlies — The Ago of Journalism — Good and Bad Papers — Some Newspaper Defects — The Catholic Editor — Table of Catholic Journals 548; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: THE CATHOLIC PUBLISHERS OF THE UNITED STATES.; title: Catholics and Printing — American Catholic Publishers of Philadelphia — New York — Baltimore — Boston — Concluding Remarks 557; title: BOOK VI.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: "MULTUM IN PARVO."; title: The Catholic Irish in America — Ireland's Mission — The Church Builders of America — Deep Convictions — Examples — Love of Holy Ireland — St. Thomas Aquinas — Testimony of McGee and Dr. White — The Catholic Germans — French — Spaniards — English — Indians — Negroes — Catholic Charity 665; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE LOSSES, GAINS, AND HOPES OF CATHOLICITY IN THE UNITED STATES.; title: The Losses of Catholicity — Before the Revolution — During the first Half Century of this Republic's Existence — During the second Half Century — The Gains — A Powerful Organization — The Hopes — The Future of Catholicity in the Land of Washington and Carroll 579; title: Catholic Chronology of the United States, 605; title: Appendix, 609