Americanism was a political and religious outlook attributed to some American Catholics around the turn of the 20th century and denounced by the Holy See. It allegedly sought to adapt Catholic doctrin
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Pope Leo XIII
James Gibbons, cardinal archbishop of Baltimore
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Orestes Brownson
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Orestes Augustus Brownson was an American intellectual, activist, preacher, labor organizer, and writer. Brownson was also a noted Catholic convert. Brownson was a publicist, a career which spanned hi
Americanism (Catholic Church)
…mean" between "ultraconservatism", rendering the Catholic church irrelevant, and "ultraliberalism", discarding the church's message. Others, such as Orestes Brownson—an abolitionist Catholic public intellectual—were not satisfied with the system of national parishes. Considered an Americanizer, he advocated for…
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Orestes Brownson.