"How truly striking is this when we remember the anti-Catholic spirit of the first years of the Revolt against oppression and think of the freedom of action that came to the Church."
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Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin
Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin (23 October 1842 – 10 November 1911) was an American Catholic journalist and historian, instrumental to the founding of the American Catholic Historical Society.
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