Fortnight For Freedom: The Catholic Roots of the Declaration of Independence

http://the-american-catholic.com/2015/07/02/fortnight-for-freedom-the-catholic-roots-of-the-declarat ^ | July 2, 2015 | Donald R. McClarey

[imardmd1]

.. The most quoted man at the time of the Declaration of Independence was Montesquieu John Locke.

(fixed that, heh)

[ansel12]

LOL, gee, that was so creative.

1776, a date that sticks in the craw of a few Catholic freepers.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

By "run properly," you apparently mean, "steal everything here, burn a bunch of stuff down, outlaw the religion of the people who made this colony, and kill/run-off the Catholics."

[vladimir998]

“LOL, gee, that was so creative.”

The truth is what it is.

“1776, a date that sticks in the craw of a few Catholic freepers.”

You seem to live in a twilight world.

[Salvation]

Congrats. The right answer.

[metmom]

It reminds me of the Cold War era, where the Russians took credit for everything.

[metmom]

Catholic Revisionist History again.....

[imardmd1]

My dear MB, just a mid-course correction:

Mayflower sailed: 1620-21

Passengers: about half were Pilgrims, the makeup of the rest being non-religious commoners who would come under the rule of the Pilgrims

Puritans/Quakers/Congregationalists came later. Baptists: came into being later, first London Confession not written until 1689

Methodists: Their chief architect was John Wesley, born 1703

Declaration of Independence: One Catholic signer, the rest non-Catholic or Deist, no Jews

[imardmd1]

When I wrote Post #2, “Catholic” was not in the list, or I wouldn’t have written what I did. Someone added “Caholic” later—you are only allowed to add four topics to begin with. So don’t get huffy if someone calls you on this issue.

[imardmd1]

Inquisition-bred tactics applied, must be

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

LOL, that lame Inquisition trope again.

As they weren't subversive Islamists, I highly doubt the Protestants who sacked Maryland had had much experience with the Inquisition. Occam's razor suggests that they were just greedy bastards stealing what they could steal.

[imardmd1]

As in the Spanish Inquisition, fueled as it was by the riches stolen from America from Ferdinand and Isabella onward.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The Spanish Inquisition was formed to prevent Islam from subverting Spanish society after the Reconquista.

You are coming off as some kind of commie. The Protestant have-nots are perfectly entitled to wreak havoc on Maryland because the Catholics "didn't build that," and damn those imperialist Spaniards for "stealing" from the Indians!

[j.argese]

So sorry but NO SOUP FOR YOU ...
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2703428?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Montesquieu: 8.3 cites
Locke: A paltry 2.9
A gentlemanly response = gentlemanly debate. Snotty response = snotty reply.

Shall we go forward as gentlemen?

You can do a continued search at your leisure. Donald S. Lutz, “The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought,” The American Political Science Review.
Good day to you.

[imardmd1]

The Inquisition covered many other things then, for at leasta couple of centuries. Auto da fe is not OK. Huguenots and Pilgrims were subjects of persecution.

[imardmd1]

Thanks for your snotty reply. I’ll take it under advisement.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Huguenots and Pilgrims were subjects of persecution."

Take a number and get in line.