Ultramontane Efforts in the Ottoman Empire during the 1860s and 1870s

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 345-358
Author(s):  
Mariam Kartashyan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Internal Policy ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Pope Pius Ix ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The attempts of Pope Pius IX to restrict the ecclesiastical rights of the Armenian Catholics with his bull Reversurus (1867) led to the Armenian schism in 1871. A factor which was decisive for the development of the relationship between the Armenian Catholic Church and the Ottoman empire, under whose rule the Church existed, was the influence of other powers. This article analyses the background of this relationship and its significance for the Armenian schism. For this purpose, first, the ecclesiastical rights of the Armenian Catholic Church during the period before the publication of Reversurus and their relation to the internal policy of the Ottoman empire are outlined. Second, the influence of the domestic and foreign policy of the Ottoman state on its relationship with its Armenian Catholic subjects is elucidated. In this way, it is shown that the historical background of the Armenian Catholic Church and the internal political circumstances of the Ottoman empire were intertwined and shaped the relationship between the Armenian Catholics and the Ottoman state. Despite this, relations between the Ottoman empire, the Holy See and other European empires came to exercise a predominant influence, leading by the end of the 1870s to the Armenian Catholic Church's enforced acquiescence in ecclesiastical change.

Separating Church and State in Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-84
Author(s):  
Michael W. Homer
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church And State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civil Marriage ◽  
Public Announcement ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Pope Pius Ix ◽  
Official Status ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

In 1852 King Victor Emmanuel’s ministers proposed legislation to recognize civil marriages in the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont). This proposal was opposed by Pope Pius IX and other Catholic apologists who argued that it would result in undermining the official status of the Catholic Church and one of the church’s sacraments. Even worse it would mean that Jewish and Protestant marriages would be recognized. This legislation coincided with Mormon missionaries proselytizing in Torino and the public announcement that the church practiced polygamy. Catholic opponents of this legislation argued that even Mormon polygamous marriages would be recognized if the legislation passed. During fierce debates that took place Catholic apologists also claimed that Mormons formed alliances with other Protestant “sects” to push through the civil marriage litigation. The specter of Mormon plural marriages in a civil marriage system continued to be mentioned until civil marriages were finally recognized in 1865.

scholarly journals How Pope Pius IX Stimulated 'Pillarization' in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 162-166
Author(s):  
Hans Knippenberg
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Pope Pius Ix ◽  
The Church

In 1853 an important step in the development of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was set. On initiative of the Vatican and despite vehement resistance of the orthodox Protestant part of the population (known as the April-movement), the episcopal hierarchy in the church was restored. By choosing Utrecht in the heart of the protestant Netherlands and not Den Bosch in the Catholic South of the country as the seat of the new archbishop, the Vatican practised an offensive, national strategy. Unintendedly, the Papal choice for Utrecht contributed to the later on development of the non-territorial, personalistic solution for the Dutch multicultural society at that time: the verzuiling.

scholarly journals Perspectivas de condescendência diante das uniões irregulares na Igreja

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (256) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Ivo Müller
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Family Model ◽  
The Family ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

O autor abre o artigo, situando a família na atual conjuntura, onde o modelo familiar passou por uma significativa mudança de paradigma, ou seja, do modelo estável de valores ao modelo instável. Em seguida, tece alguns acenos históricos sobre a obrigatoriedade do matrimônio na Igreja, contrastando o matrimônio ideal com as uniões irregulares em significativo aumento no seio da Igreja. Neste contexto, o autor enfoca o batismo de crianças, cujos pais vivem de modo irregular na Igreja, e a relação entre pastoral dos divorciados recasados e participação eucarística. Releva a experiência das Igrejas Ortodoxas e das Igrejas da Reforma para, em seguida, apresentar as soluções pautadas pela Igreja Católica. Conclui o artigo, usando o exemplo do bom samaritano para demonstrar o olhar condescendente que a Igreja Católica deveria ter diante dos matrimônios falidos na Igreja.Abstract: The Author begins the article by placing the family in its present context, where the family model has been subjected to a significant change of paradigm, going from a stable to an unstable model of values. Next, he discusses some of the historical background for the fact that the matrimony is obligatory in the Church, contrasting this ideal matrimony to the “irregular unions” that are increasing significantly inside the Church. In this context, the Author focuses on the baptism of children whose parents live in an irregular situation in terms of the Church, and the relationship between the spiritual care of remarried divorcees and Eucharistic participation. He reveals the experience of the Orthodox and Reform Churches in order to compare them to the solutions proposed by the Catholic Church. He concludes the article using the Good Samaritan’s example to demonstrate the type of tolerance that the Catholic Church should show towards broken marriages in the Church.

scholarly journals The 2008 Agreement Between the Holy See and Brazil on the Juridical Statute of the Catholic Church in Brazil in the Eyes of the Brazilian Superior Courts

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
Eduardo Szazi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
International Law ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Catholic Church

In 2008, Brazil and the Holy See entered into an Agreement on the Juridical Statute of the Catholic Church and its Ecclesiastical Institutions in Brazil (the “Agreement”). The Agreement was approved by the Brazilian Congress by Legislative Decree 698 on October 7, 2009 and entered into force in the international sphere on December 10, 2009. On February 11, 2010, by Presidential Decree 7.107, it entered into force in the domestic sphere. The purpose of this essay is assessing the consistency of the Agreement with the State laicity enshrined in the 1988 Brazilian Constitution. The hypothesis is the validity of the Agreement due to the special status of the Holy See in International Law. The methodology of study consisted in describing the historical background of the relationship between State and Church in Brazil as a preamble for surveying cases which have dealt with the 2008 Agreement and the corresponding decisions at the Brazilian Superior Courts. As a result, we have found out that the Brazilian Judiciary sustained the compatibility of the Agreement with the laicity of the Brazilian State enshrined in its 1988 Constitution in two leading cases that addressed, respectively, the possibility of confirmation, by Brazilian Courts, of ecclesiastical declarations of nullity issued by marriage tribunals under the Code of Cannon Law, and the possibility of confessional classes in public schools. Both possibilities were eventually upheld by Brazilian Superior Courts in landmark rulings on the status of the Holy See in the Brazilian practice of international law.

scholarly journals The 2008 Agreement Between the Holy See and Brazil on the Juridical Statute of the Catholic Church in Brazil in the Eyes of the Brazilian Superior Courts

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 445-451
Author(s):  
Eduardo Szazi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
International Law ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Catholic Church

In 2008, Brazil and the Holy See entered into an Agreement on the Juridical Statute of the Catholic Church and its Ecclesiastical Institutions in Brazil (the “Agreement”). The Agreement was approved by the Brazilian Congress by Legislative Decree 698 on October 7, 2009 and entered into force in the international sphere on December 10, 2009. On February 11, 2010, by Presidential Decree 7.107, it entered into force in the domestic sphere. The purpose of this essay is assessing the consistency of the Agreement with the State laicity enshrined in the 1988 Brazilian Constitution. The hypothesis is the validity of the Agreement due to the special status of the Holy See in International Law. The methodology of study consisted in describing the historical background of the relationship between State and Church in Brazil as a preamble for surveying cases which have dealt with the 2008 Agreement and the corresponding decisions at the Brazilian Superior Courts. As a result, we have found out that the Brazilian Judiciary sustained the compatibility of the Agreement with the laicity of the Brazilian State enshrined in its 1988 Constitution in two leading cases that addressed, respectively, the possibility of confirmation, by Brazilian Courts, of ecclesiastical declarations of nullity issued by marriage tribunals under the Code of Cannon Law, and the possibility of confessional classes in public schools. Both possibilities were eventually upheld by Brazilian Superior Courts in landmark rulings on the status of the Holy See in the Brazilian practice of international law.

A „Katolikus Akció” néven társult szervezkedés Marosvásárhelyen és Ágotha Endre papi életútja

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
Mária Csatlós
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The State ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Catholic Action ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Parish Priest ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
The Church ◽  
Life Work ◽  
The Catholic Church

With the available archival resources and through exploring the life, work and political actions of Endre Ágotha, the dean and parish priest of Nyárádselye I trace the unfolding and failing of the schismatic catholic peace movement legitimated in Marosvásárhely in the period 1950-1956. The state backed “Catholic Action” did not succeed in severing the Catholic Church in Romania from Rome by settling the “pending cases” between the church and the state and only a small portion of the clergy joined the movement, yet it has made significant moral damages by dividing the believers and the clergy. The Holy See condemned the movement and it’s key figure Endre Ágotha has brought upon himself the harshest punishment of the Catholic Church: excommunicates vitandus. He received absolution only on his deathbed.

Sacred Sounds, Secular Spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Walker
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Reception Studies ◽  
Liturgical Music ◽  
International Exhibitions ◽  
Republican Government ◽  
Epistemological Position ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Opera Houses ◽  
The Church

This book is the first comprehensive study that reevaluates music’s role in the relationship between the French state and the Catholic Church at the end of the nineteenth century. As the divide between Church and State widened on the political stage, more and more composers began writing religious—even liturgical—music for performance in decidedly secular venues, including popular cabaret theaters, prestigious opera houses, and international exhibitions: a trend that coincided with Pope Leo XIII’s Ralliement politics that encouraged conservative Catholics to “rally” with the Republican government. But the idea of a musical Ralliement has largely gone unquestioned by historians and musicologists alike who have long accepted a somewhat simplistic epistemological position that emphasizes a sharp division between the Church and the “secular” Republic during this period. Drawing on extensive archival research, critical reception studies, and musical analysis, this book reveals how composers and critics from often opposing ideological factions undermined the secular/sacred binary. From the opera house and niche puppet theaters to Parisian parish churches and Montmartre’s famed cabarets, composers and critics from opposing ideological factions used music in their effort to craft a brand of Frenchness that was built on the dual foundations of secular Republicanism and the heritage of the French Catholic Church.

scholarly journals POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE REGENSBURG LECTURE: THE REPRESENTATION OF ISLAM AND THE “CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS” IN THE ITALIAN MEDIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-232
Author(s):  
Martina Ambrosini
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Clash Of Civilizations ◽  
The West ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
The Relationship

As those of other Western countries, Italian media often employ the term “clash of civilisation” [conflitto di civiltà] to refer to the relationship between “Islam” and the “West”. The Muslim world is simplistically described, and perceived, as a monolithic reality. Its representation by media ranges from that of an irrational to that of an intolerant religion. The expression “clash of civilization” was especially used in September 2006, after the Pope’s lectio magistralis at Regensburg University caused vigorous protests to take place in the Muslim world. Benedict XVI seemed to present the Christian God as the only rational divinity, and Islam as an irrational religion. After international Muslim communities asked for an official apology, the Pope held a meeting with the ambassadors from Islamic States to the Holy See, and the representatives of the Italian Muslim communities, to explain his words. This paper analyzes the way in which this event was presented by the Italian media – including right-wing, mainstream and Catholic media - with the aim of understanding the official reaction of the Vatican (as reported by the Osservatore Romano), the Italian Catholic Church (as reported by Avvenire), and the Italian public opinion

Church as Charismatic Fellowship: Ecclesiological Reflections from The pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veli-Matti Karkkainen
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Free Flow ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Pentecostal ecclesiology, a lived charismatic experience rather than discursive theology, naturally leans toward the charismatic structure of the church and free flow of the Spirit. In dialogue with the Roman Catholic church, Pentecostal ecclesiologv has been challenged to develop a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between the Spirit, institution, and Koinonia. As charismatic fellowship, the church is a communion of participating, empowered believers.

Interchurch Families

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Reardon
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
International Network ◽  
Christian Unity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

In interchurch families, both partners are practising members of their respective churches but wish also to participate in their spouse’s church as far as possible. Can such families really be ecumenical instruments, when they are so different from the organs of dialogue generally established by the churches? Interchurch couples themselves, united in an international network of groups and associations, believe that they can contribute to the growing unity between their churches. The Roman Catholic Church in particular has developed a more positive attitude towards the ecumenical potential of such families since Vatican II. Interchurch families contribute to Christian unity by their very existence as ‘domestic churches’, embodying and signifying the growing unity of the Church. The chapter concludes by suggesting how, with greater pastoral understanding and a deeper appreciation of the relationship between marital spirituality and spiritual ecumenism, they can become more effective ecumenical instruments by their characteristic ‘double belonging’.

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