Going back to Henry VIII and his break with Rome, is the basis for the English and American anti-Catholicism. Remember that Queen Mary brought back Catholicism and ordered the execution of her father’s supporters of the break with Rome. As Henry had done with those who refused to break with Rome. It was also a world where Rome had political influence and was allied with Spain, France and the Holy Roman Empire.
In America, the English colonists saw the Spanish and French as enemies, both political and religious.
But one needs also to remember that in Maryland was a colony established for English Catholics. And it succeeded as a colony and also sought independence from England.
And in the late 1800s and early 20th Century, the immigrants from Catholic areas of Europe, also was seen as bringing socialism with it. Thus a new political issue was mixed into the old religious fears.
The key point is that many have striven to overcome these old hates as something that deserves to be in the past and NOT be used as reasons to keep them alive today.
You have remember Henry VIII want young wife in Anne Boylan so he made Bible reference that said Katherine of Aragon his wife of 20 years is not truth wife
Dont’ forget later on Pope was on house arrest under her nephew Emperor Charles of Spain and Holy Roman Empire later on
NO wonder that Pope going tick off that Emperor
How she related to Emperor Charles because he was son of Juana De Loca Crazy Queen of Flanders with Phillip the Fair
Juana went 5150 Britney Spears earlier in the years
“But one needs also to remember that in Maryland was a colony established for English Catholics. And it succeeded as a colony and also sought independence from England.”
I think that if you look into Maryland’s history you will find that its Catholic founding was largely gone by 1776.