1. Church in New France
In France and the French colonies, the Roman Catholic Church was the national church. ... As the church was present mainly for the control of the King's subjects, anyone who did not fully immerse themselves in the ways of the church was not favored by the state and were therefore were unable to establish themselves in New France. ... The church in New France was at root, a "missionary church-. ... Because of the absence of any appropriate state institution, the Church not only assumed the functions ordinarily devoted to it in Catholic France but also those usually attributed to the state....
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