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At least, with respect to his relevance as a Catholic political philosopher:

Brownson was the first person to try to offer a complete theory of the role of the Catholic Church in America. He wasn't willing to concede America to the Church, and he wasn't willing to concede the Church to America. He wanted both–America's republic that he thought was Rome Incarnate, and the Catholic Church, which was founded by God Incarnate–to be realized in their fullness on these shores, one day expanding into Canada and Mexico, making the entire continent part of the United States, and all of it a monument to the Catholic Church.

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