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To: Coleus
Two things that don't make sense to me: If the French had already

established a port and colony on the nearby St. John's River

How come they don't get credit for this? And:

The fleet's chaplain was a secular priest named Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales

What the heck is a "secular preist?"

32 posted on 11/25/2011 9:11:18 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

Not a member of a vowed religious order, e.g. diocesan.


34 posted on 11/25/2011 3:05:18 PM PST by cmj328
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