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_003376762	Bodley, J. E. C. (John Edward Courtenay), 1853-1925.	Roman Catholicism in America : the Catholic democracy of America	1890		.txt	text/plain	30359	1228	63	We find that the Roman, Catholic Church can claim 10,- 000,000 United States citizens in a population of 60,000,000, it is difficult to over-estimate the influence which the expan- sion of the Church in America will have on the future of Christendom. I t was not, however, on French or on Spanish soil that the foundations of the English-speaking Catholic Church in America were laid, but in a British settlement lying halfway between Maine and Florida, when, in 1634, Leonard Calvert, by right of the charter granted to his father—Lord Baltimore —sailed up the Potomac and named the colony Maryland in honor of King Charles's Catholic queen.	cache/_003376762.txt	txt/_003376762.txt