[muawiyah]

Actually, I think Philippe III of Spain had in mind the establishment of an English line of control along the Eastern Seaboard to provide a place of exile for troublesome Protestants.

His poor father had held out until his end in 1598 for a return of the Protestants to the RC fold. Of course it didn't happen.

Interesting that the United States is predominantly Protestant of some kind ~ just as imagined by Philippe III ~ but I also think he may have had in mind the idea that we'd come up with some new way here.

That's why we are talking, and I certainly hope working for Republican candidates.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Absolutely, and Catholic Republicans should be much more worried about other so-called Catholics like Kennedy, Pelosi, Kerry, etc. These people are far more destructive to Catholicism than Lutherans

FWIW, I am LCMS and totally believe the official doctrine of the LCMS, however, one of the most famous LCMS legislators was that liberal, Paul Simon. I have NOTHING in common with him except our membership was at the same church but he deserved to be excommunicated just like the wack job liberals who call themselves Catholics. They're no more Catholic than Paul Simon was LCMS.