id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195318 Hecker, Isaac Thomas, 1819-1888. The Catholic Church in the United States. Its rise, relations with the republic, growth, and future prospects. 1879 .txt text/plain 15007 548 59 In the hierarchy there is one Ger- man archbishop, and a considerable number of the bishops are German 7The Catholic Church in the United States. by birth or descent. Finally, if we add from a rough guess 25,000 to 30,000 colored people, we have all the original elements which the power of the Catholic faith has blended together in one, forming the organization and strength of the Catholic Church in the republic of the United States. cache/_005195318.txt txt/_005195318.txt