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  2. Catholic Church in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The situation of the Catholic Church in the Thirteen Colonies was characterized by an extensive religious persecution originating from Protestant sects, which would barely allow religious toleration to Catholics living on American territory. Nonetheless, Catholics were a part of colonial history from the beginning, especially in Maryland, a ...

  3. History of the Catholic Church in the United States - Wikipedia

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    San Miguel Mission, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in 1610, is the oldest church in the United States.. The Catholic Church in the United States began in the colonial era, but by the mid-1800s, most of the Spanish, French, and Mexican influences had demographically faded in importance, with Protestant Americans moving west and taking over many formerly Catholic regions.

  4. Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church during the Age of Discovery inaugurated a major effort to spread Christianity in the New World and to convert the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other indigenous peoples. The evangelical effort was a major part of, and a justification for, the military conquests of European powers such as Portugal, Spain, and France ...

  5. Anti-Catholicism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Anti-Catholicism in the United States dates back to the colonial history of the U.S. Anti-Catholic attitudes were first brought to the Thirteen Colonies of British North America by Protestant settlers from Europe during the British colonization of the Americas. [1][2][3] Two types of anti-Catholic rhetoric existed in colonial society ...

  6. Christianity and colonialism - Wikipedia

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    Christianity and colonialism. Christianity and colonialism are associated with each other by some due to the service of Christianity, in its various sects (namely Protestantism, Catholicism and Orthodoxy), as the state religion of the historical European colonial powers, in which Christians likewise made up the majority. [1]

  7. List of churches that are National Historic Landmarks in the ...

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    Spanish Colonial: Roman Catholic: Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine: 1793–97 1970 St. Augustine, FL: Spanish Colonial: Roman Catholic: Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo: 1797 1960 Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA: Spanish Colonial: Roman Catholic: Church of the Holy Family, Cahokia: 1799 1970 Cahokia, IL: Poteaux-sur-sol: Roman Catholic: African ...

  8. Catholic Church in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The central leadership body of the Catholic Church in the United States is the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of bishops (including archbishops) of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, although each bishop is independent in his own diocese, answerable only to the Holy See.

  9. Cathedral of Santo Domingo - Wikipedia

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    The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo is dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation. It is the oldest existing cathedral in the Americas, [1] begun in 1504 and was completed in 1550, and the second constructed, after the Garðar Cathedral Ruins in Greenland. [2] It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Santo ...