Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic

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231 index Abell, Robert A., 146, 161, 163, 166–67 Adams, John, 15–16, 90 altar stones, 93, 94, 135, 138 anti-catholic sentiment, 7, 15–18, 70 apologetics, 162, 164, 170, 173, 175 authority, clerical/episcopal of bishops, 5 of catholic church, 86, 177, 180 centralization of, 53 challenges to, 55, 56, 57, 180 and claude Florent Bouchard de la Poterie, 55 of Demetrius Augustus Gallitzin, 11 establishment of, 3 and Francis Fromm, 79, 81, 85 of John Baptist causse, 49 and John carroll, 2, 54–55, 75, 79, 85 and John thayer, 73, 74, 75 of priests, 5, 21, 36, 39, 41, 177, 180 priests’ lax regard for, 4 and religious objects, 10, 87, 91, 92, 100, 101 and renegade priests, 6, 49, 51, 52, 54, 57, 60 and Stephen theodore Badin, 11, 37, 75 Badin, Stephen theodore and anti-catholic sentiment, 16, 17 on catholic church in the frontier, 145–46 characteristics needed for priests in the frontier, 19–20, 47 on charles Maurice Whelan, 58 and church building, 95, 96–97 contribution to the survival of catholic settlements, 41 conversions by, 121, 125 criticism of Protestant ministers, 157–58 debates with Barnabas Mchenry, 163 devotion to parish, 29 on economic pragmatism, 44–45 and education, 146–47 and Flynn, 63–64 on gravity of worship, 110–11 on immorality on the frontier, 117 on intermarriage, 130, 131–32 and John thayer, 74–77 in Kentucky, 11, 14, 26, 37, 58–59 232 index Badin (cont) on lack of churches, 92 and lack of financial support from parish, 32–33, 34–35 on lay catholics, 165 loneliness of, 21 and Michael Bernard Barrieres, 59 in nelson county, Kentucky, 14 in ohio, 12–13 parishioners’ emigration to illinois, 38–39 and polemics, 163–64 preaching to non-catholics, 159–60, 161 and processions, 153–54, 155 on Protestant influence on catholics, 118, 119 on Protestant revivalism, 122–23 The Real Principles of Roman Catholics, in Reference to God and Country, 164 on religious freedom in America, 157 and religious objects, 103 and renegade priests, 57, 64 salary, 135 and scandal, 76 on shortage of priests, 19–20 solicitation for help from abroad, 104, 107 thoughts of leaving Kentucky, 37 on tolerance of Protestants (toward catholics), 18 use of altar stones, 93–94 in Vincennes (indiana territory), 27–28 and William de Rohan, 60 baptism, 116, 134, 137, 141 Baptists, 15, 16, 18, 47, 72, 97, 118, 119, 156, 157, 167–68, 182 Bardstown, Ky. (St. Joseph’s parish) Benedict Joseph Flaget in, 66, 67, 177 cathedral in, 95, 97, 99, 106, 107, 168 converts in, 126 expanse of, 14 first bishop in, 4 and jubilee, 143, 171 lack of support for priest, 33 and nathan hall, 169 organ for, 107 polemics in, 162 processions in, 154, 179 Protestants in, 99, 100 religious objects in, 106, 108, 184 renegade priests in, 66, 68, 71, 177 support for priest, 77 Barrieres, Michael Bernard, 12–13, 14, 37, 58–59, 63 Beecher, lyman, 183 bishops authority of, 5, 36, 53 and conversions, 116, 122 cooperation between, 66 criticism of Protestant preaching, 174 distance between, 66 hostility toward, 1–2 and intermarriage, 116 oath taken by, 9 and polemics, 162 and preaching, 157 and priest shortage, 19 and Protestants at catholic services, 159, 161–62, 172, 174 and religious objects, 102 and renegade priests, 52, 53–54, 56, 57, 62, 67, 70, 86 and trusteeism, 53 index 233 Brouwers, theodore, 50, 79–81, 83 Brown, John, 87–89, 111, 113 Bruté, Simon, on winning converts, 151 business, 20, 41, 110 Butler county, Pennsylvania, priest shortage in, 24–26 cahill, Dennis, 60–61, 114 carroll, Father, 68 carroll, John and altar stones, 93–94 and Andrew nugent, 54–55 and anti-catholic sentiment, 16–17 on catholic/non-catholic relations, 8–9 and charles Maurice Whelan, 54 and charles nerinckx, 40–41 and charles Wharton, 52–53 and claude Florent Bouchard de la Poterie, 55 and Dennis cahill, 60–61 on emigration of priests, 62–63 on financial responsibility of parishes, 31 and Francis Fromm, 77–85 and Frederick cesarius Reuter, 70 impact on catholic church in America, 174 on influence of Protestants on frontier catholics, 118 on intermarriage, 127, 128 on intra-familial marriages, 127–28 and John causse, 50–51 and John Rousselet, 73–74 and John thayer, 73–74 on lack of financial support for priests, 136 on...