In light of this week’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we interview Catholic scholar and historian Charles Coulombe. While he is a proud American patriot, he also argues that many elements of the American Founding were incompatible with Catholic teaching (including the justification for the Revolution itself). We consider some of these issues on this auspicious anniversary.
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro: Charles Coulombe, America, Monarchy, and Patriotism
02:20 – Welcome, Prayer, and Opening Setup
07:48 – Demographics, Immigration, Abortion, and Paying the Price
18:08 – From 1492 to Jamestown: Colonization and the Protestant Revolt
24:41 – Stuarts, Cromwell, and the English Civil War in America
36:17 – Glorious Revolution, Oligarchy, and Parliamentary Sovereignty
59:03 – George III, World Wars, and the Road to Revolution
1:27:04 – Quebec Act, Catholic Emancipation, and Colonial Grievances
1:39:10 – Loyalists, Revolution, and the War for Independence
1:53:35 – Was the American Revolution Just?
2:14:56 – Patriotism, Civil Religion, and Loving America Honestly
2:45:25 – Foreign Policy, Woke America, and Final Reflections on Hope
