tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post6973299285390079976..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Franklin on Catholicism and Brown SugarBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-78398983964001726832013-07-08T12:09:00.473-06:002013-07-08T12:09:00.473-06:00Most of the post is wildly inaccurate. What is acc...Most of the post is wildly inaccurate. What is accurate is incomplete.<br /><br />JOHN Carroll was the first Catholic bishop in the United States.<br /><br />Franklin, in response to the Vatican's question, NOMINATED JOHN CARROLL. <br /><br />The response "along the Tiber" was to agree with Franklin. All that stuff about Franklin replying that "it was none of the government's business" is PURE ANTI-CATHOLIC BUNK.<br /><br />What is missing from this terrible post is the context of the expedition of the 1776 Commissioners to Canada. Franklin, John Carroll, his cousin Charles Carroll, (A CATHOLIC LAYMAN) and Samuel Chase traveled to Quebec. They failed in their diplomatic purpose. Franklin became unwell, and JOHN Carroll and Franklin traveled back home together, during which trip they forged a well-documented and lasting friendship.<br /><br />Which culminated in Franklin suggesting that JOHN Carroll would be a fine American bishop.<br /><br />JOHN Carroll was appointed, and in his 'Constitution for the Clergy' suggested such things as worship in English, instead of Latin, the election of bishops by the clergy and the nomination of pastors by the laity.<br /><br />As shown, the truth is a far better story than the poorly-researched claptrap in the original post, "Franklin on Catholicism and Brown Sugar."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-63152370007403737422012-02-20T20:36:08.301-07:002012-02-20T20:36:08.301-07:00Franklin, who served as Grand Master of Freemasons...Franklin, who served as Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania as a much younger man, simply may have been adhering to Masonic conduct by granting to all their right to their own religious opinions, while also correctly representing the U.S. government as one that was not linked to a state church.<br /><br />JayMagpie Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01390264410632162085noreply@blogger.com