The Spirits of '76: A Catholic InquiryChristendom Publications, 1983 - 182 Seiten Historian Donald D'Elia offers one of the most original sets of essays ever penned on the seven greatest founding fathers looking at the development of their philosophical and religious convictions. The essays include: "The Relevance of Thomas Jefferson," "Benjamin Rush: A Christian Revolutionary," "John Adams: Revolutionary as Manichaean," "Charles Carroll of Carrollton: A Catholic Revolutionary," "George Washington: The Founder as Stoic," "Alexander Hamilton: From Caesar to Christ," and "Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Religion." |
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... Benjamin Rush advanced in his later years beyond what the less Christian Founding Fathers could hope to see . He glimpsed an eternal Christendom resembling in some ways what Pope Paul VI has called in our day the dawning " civilization ...
... Benjamin Rush advanced in his later years beyond what the less Christian Founding Fathers could hope to see . He glimpsed an eternal Christendom resembling in some ways what Pope Paul VI has called in our day the dawning " civilization ...
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A Catholic Inquiry Donald J. D'Elia. 7 . Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Religion In September 1767 Dr. Benjamin Franklin , retired printer and col- onial agent , visited Paris for the first time . Like so many other tourists then and ...
A Catholic Inquiry Donald J. D'Elia. 7 . Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Religion In September 1767 Dr. Benjamin Franklin , retired printer and col- onial agent , visited Paris for the first time . Like so many other tourists then and ...
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... Benjamin Franklin ( 40 vols .; New Haven : Yale University Press , 1959- ) 14 : p . 254 , cited below as Papers . 2Émile Mâle , Religious Art From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century ( Noon- day Press , 1949 ) , p . 94 . 3Ibid . , pp ...
... Benjamin Franklin ( 40 vols .; New Haven : Yale University Press , 1959- ) 14 : p . 254 , cited below as Papers . 2Émile Mâle , Religious Art From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century ( Noon- day Press , 1949 ) , p . 94 . 3Ibid . , pp ...
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Preface | 7 |
A Christian Revolutionary? | 24 |
Catholic Revolutionary | 55 |
Urheberrecht | |
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