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↑ C. Bloomer, Kristin (2018). Possessed by the Virgin: Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, and Marian Possession in South India. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780190615093
↑ J. Russo, David (2000). American History from a Global Perspective: An Interpretation. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 314. ISBN 9780275968960. "the Church of England was a " state church " in the colonies the way it indisputably was in England, and as the Roman Catholic Church was in the neighboring Spanish and Portuguese empires."