Catholic End of George Washington

Since I mentioned a state of being unsure between Judaism and Christianity, as one possibility about George Washington, that is not sth one can attribute reasonably to me. I'm Christian and look forward to the Conversion of the Jews.

Was George Washington Religious?
ReligionForBreakfast | 20 April 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O1nvDfgRX0

It seems to be certain that Washington was a Freemason, and converted to Catholicism just before dying.

Now, the Freemason which he still was at the time of the War of Independence, might have had a problem with publically divulging his religious beliefs, since part of the point of that sect is neutrality between publically accepted Creeds, and part of the point is making their "real spirituality" sth that goes on behind the walls of their lodges, between people who are already initiated (apart from family members).

THAT he was a Freemason, well, so was his admirer and mentoree Lafayette. I just read a book* about Madame Lafayette, and she, on the other hand, remained a faithful Catholic.

It's my opinion that her prayers are behind the conversion of George Washington.

* André Maurois, Adrienne ou la vie de Mme de La Fayette, éditions Hachette 1960

I just found the evidence for George Washington's Catholic conversion:

The most compelling evidence of George Washington’s conversion comes from the Jesuits. The story is that a Fr. Leonard Neale, SJ was called to Mt. Vernon on the night of Washington’s death. Tradition holds that the priest spent several hours with Washington just before he died. Fr. Neale’s written account of the evening was sealed in a letter and given to his superior who eventually sent the documents to Rome.

President’s Day Blog – George Washington’s Catholic Conversion
February 9, 2024
https://www.malvernretreat.com/george-washingtons-catholic-conversion/

5:50 Did you say "great ruler of events"?

That is pretty incompatible with Deism.

A Deist could call "God" "great ruler" but more likely "great maker of the system" but by definition, the events that do not by absolute necessity follow from the system would be outside "his" scope. For instance, human freewill.

Great ruler of events is at least as explicitly Theistic as Gandalf's expressed religion. I suppose you did read LotR.

5:55 Providence?

Again, totally incompatible with Deism.

8:05 It is possible that he was unsure between Christianity and Judaism.

It is also very possible that he would have felt about Anglican communion like a Russian orthodox, explicitly acknowledging the supremacy over his own obedience as belonging to Patriarch Kirill, while serving in the Ukrainian Army. So, like, he could have felt that an US Anglican was "raising altar against altar" and thereby schismatic against Westminister, which, if you recall, is a fairly patriotic religious leader historically, about as patriotic as a Narnian (CSL's famous heptalogy involves a simplification of the Christian story transposed to another universe, in which the true religion and the chosen nation coincided to a very large degree, much more than the New Covenant "in our world" ....).