tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4575317341800992474..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: William Penn the Papist?Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-77617869685723317152022-08-31T23:08:02.480+01:002022-08-31T23:08:02.480+01:00Fr. Joseph Greaton of the Maryland Jesuits travele...Fr. Joseph Greaton of the Maryland Jesuits traveled up to Pennsylvania in the 1720s, and in 1733 bought a piece of property in Philadelphia and founded what is known today as "Old St. Joseph's" church. It was quite nondescript on the outside, but everyone knew what went on within...even visiting Indians used to stop in for Mass on occasion.<br /><br />At the time, Penn's Claudio Salvuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831694822879009083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13684198338821894522022-08-29T12:08:18.247+01:002022-08-29T12:08:18.247+01:00Thanks to Duffy et al our nation has learned the t...Thanks to Duffy et al our nation has learned the truth about the 'Reformation': that it was a power-and-loot grab by a decadent oligarchy.<br />Maybe the next lesson is that 1688 was the year of a highly unglorious protestant coup.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824005176362146901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32475514974976327142022-08-29T12:04:47.821+01:002022-08-29T12:04:47.821+01:00One often wonders whether Dissenters may have enjo...One often wonders whether Dissenters may have enjoyed greater religious tolerance under James II than under his successors, who continued with the Clarendon Code.Paul in Melbourne, Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567865548737050757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53178629286658867162022-08-29T11:34:56.403+01:002022-08-29T11:34:56.403+01:00As readers may recall, William Penn supported the ...As readers may recall, William Penn supported the King's Declaration of Indulgence. He went around England preaching in favour of the indulgence. He offered his assistance to the King. These high hopes were dashed by the Glorious Revolution.<br /><br />Penn maintained that “force makes hypocrites; ’tis persuasion only that makes converts”. His policy of tolerance drew persecuted Amish, Paul in Melbourne, Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567865548737050757noreply@blogger.com