scholarly journals Shakespeare and Mercy at the Vatican, 2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-164
Author(s):  
Marta Cerezo Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Holy See ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dramatic Presentation

This article explores a central chapter in the history of the Catholic reception of Shakespeare’s work during the contemporary age: the Catholic readings in 2016 of Shakespeare’s dramatic presentation of mercy in the context of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the Holy Year of Mercy. This study directs its focus first to Catholic public manifestations on mercy −such as printed volumes, articles and cycles of lectures− which incorporated Shakespeare’s reflections on mercy within their religious debate. Second, it studies how the Globe to Globe Hamlet performance at the Holy See on 13 April 2016 triggered the interpretation within the Vatican context of Hamlet as a play which, despite its focus on revenge and crime, opens up glimpses of mercy that allow a redefinition of justice. 

scholarly journals Argentine Concordat as an International Agreement Regulating the Law of Patronage

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
Marta Zuzanna Osuchowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Right

In the history of relations between the Argentinean government and the Holy See, two ideas are permanently intertwined: signing the Concordat and defending national patronage. The changes that occurred in the 1960s indicated that exercising the right of patronage, based on the principles outlined in the Constitution, was impossible, and the peaceful establishment of the principles of bilateral relations could only be indicated through an international agreement. The Concordat signed by Argentina in 1966 removed the national patronage, but the changes to the content of the Constitution were introduced only in 1994. The aim of the study is to show the concordat agreement concluded in 1966 by Argentina with the Holy See as an example of an international agreement. The main focus is the presentation of concordat standards for the institution of patronage. Due to the subject and purpose of the study, the work uses methods typical of social sciences in the legal science discipline. The dogmatic-legal method is the basis for consideration of the Concordat as a source of Argentine law, and as an auxiliary method, the historical-legal method was used to show the historical background of the presented issue.

scholarly journals Poeci polscy doby humanizmu wobec Rzymu / Polish Poets of the Age of Humanism and Rome

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-651
Author(s):  
Alina Nowicka-Jeżowa
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Holy See ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
The Arts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Roman Model ◽  
Successive Generations

Summary Based on earlier research, and especially Tadeusz Ulewicz’s landmark study Iter Romano- -Italicum Polonorum, or the Intellectual and Cultural Links between Poland and Italy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1999) this article examines the influence of Rome - in its role as the Holy See and a centre of learning and the arts - on Poland’s culture in the 15th and 16th century as well as on the activities of Polish churchmen, scholars and writers who came to the Eternal City. The aim of the article is to trace the role of the emerging Humanist themes and attitudes on the shape of the cultural exchange in question. It appears that the Roman connection was a major factor in the history of Polish Humanism - its inner development, its transformations, and the ideological and artistic choices made by the successive generations of the Polish elite. In the 15th century the Roman inspirations helped to initiate the Humanist impulse in Poland, while in the 16th century they stimulated greater diversity and a search for one’s own way of development. In the post-Tridentine epoch they became a potent element of the Poland’s new cultural formation. Against the background of these generalizations, the article presents the cultural profiles of four poets, Mikołaj of Hussów, Klemens Janicjusz, Jan Kochanowski, and Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński. They symbolize the four phases of the Polish Humanist tradition, which draw their distinctive identities from looking up to the Roman model

scholarly journals Life of the Mukachevo Bishop Stefan (Simeon) Olsavsky and Metropolitan’s Athanasius Szeptycki charter on his consecration in 1735 (publication of the act)

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Moroz
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The Real ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
To Receive

The paper is devoted to investigating the life and documental heritage of the Mukachevo bishop Stefan (Simeon) Olsavsky (c. 1695 – 1737), especially to publication a charter of his bishopric consecration by the Kyivan Metropolitan Athanasius Szeptycki (1686 – 1746) in Lviv St. Jorge Cathedral on 7 December 1735. The author analyses documental acts regarding the history of publishing separate documents and analyses a set of unpublished sources. On this basis, the historian reconstructs the bishop’s biography, his relations with contemporaries, and his position on eparchial development and administration questions. This research eliminates a lack of information about details of Stefan (Simeon) Olsavsky’s bishopric consecration. Moreover, the paper opposes a tendency to construe his period as some insignificant and undistinguished phase of the local eparchial history. Volodymyr Moroz explains terminological differences in interpreting the Mukachevo eparchy as the real autonomous “diocese” and a “district”, i. e., ritual vicariate of the Roman-Catholic Diocese of Eger in the time of Stefan (Simeon) Olsavsky. The researcher demonstrates that bishop Olsavsky’s decision to receive consecration from the Kyivan Metropolitan was not an accident but a result of his (and his predecessors) aspiring to avoid intrusive domination of the Eger bishops over the Eparchy of Mukachevo. This consecration was the following example of the Mukachevo eparchy’s gravity to union with the Kyivan Metropolitanate in a set of similar events. Significantly, the Metropolitan Athanasius Szeptycki fixed in the charter that Stefan (Simeon) Olsavsky promised his submission to the Holy See, the Pope personally, and the “Our humility” – the Metropolitan of Kyiv. Undoubtedly, the publication of this charter helps to reveal and explain new pages of the Church’s history. It could strengthen interest in studying relations between the Eparchy of Mukachevo and the Kyivan Metropolitanate.

scholarly journals „Następca św. Piotra, ale jeszcze z pełną świadomością następcy św. Stanisława”. O pielgrzymie i pielgrzymce Jana Pawła II do Polski A.D. 1979

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (1 Zeszyt specjalny) ◽  
pp. 421-438
Author(s):  
Beata K. Obsulewicz
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Holy See ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Special Character ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

The subject of this article is the first pilgrimage by John Paul II to Poland in 1979. An analysis of his speeches delivered during this pilgrimage and the historical circumstances of the pilgrimage itself (the first pilgrimage by a Pope to Poland, a country with a socialist system at that time which promoted atheism; a visit by a Polish Pope to his home country shortly after his election to the Holy See; a visit to a Pope’s homeland other than Italy – a phenomenon unknown in the history of the papacy for the previous 455 years) allows us to capture its special character in the history of Poland and in the life of Karol Wojtyła / John Paul II. The Pope was faced with a difficult pastoral and diplomatic task, which was to fulfil his religious mission (strengthening the Christian faith in Poland and in other Slavic nations; showing the path of development for the Church in Poland; showing gratitude to the Polish Church for her heroic perseverance in the People’s Republic of Poland; emphasising the cultural role of Christianity in the world) and also to change the image of Poland in the world (while carefully avoiding any escalation of tensions between the Church and the state authorities and the influence of the USSR in Poland). This was accompanied – from a sociopsychological perspective – by his taking up the role of leader of the universal Church, a role which he had to learn, and, at the same time, maintaining the style of communication with his countrymen which he had developed earlier while a church dignitary in Poland.

Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 664-680
Author(s):  
Claudio Ferlan ◽  
Marco Ventura
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Holy See ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Catholic Church

The history of religion in Italy reveals both a continuing Catholic presence and growing religious diversity. This chapter traces this history from medieval times, through early modern, pre-unification Italy, to the struggle for unity, the forcible end of the Pontifical States, and the problematic coexistence of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and the Kingdom of Italy after 1861. The later sections deal with the appeasement of the Holy See under fascist rule and the Lateran Pacts of 1929; then the transition from fascism to democracy and from monarchy to republic, through the referendum of 1946 and the Constitution of 1948. Central to this evolution is the explicit acknowledgment that Italy is no longer a Catholic state; conversely laicità is identified as the supreme constitutional principle. Since 1989, cultural Christianity and the consolidation of various forms of Catholic preference are learning to coexist with an increasingly multi-religious population.

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