A Historiographical Critique of The Inquisition by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongwoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The Past ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Catholic Church

Butterfield defined Whig historiography as studying ―the past with reference to the present‖ to make a simple binary categorization of the good and the evil and make history a story of progress. Originally, the Anglo-American historians used Whig historiography to present the Catholic Church as the antithesis of modernity and liberalism in a reductive manner. Baigent and Leigh further this kind of historiography in The Inquisition.

Jews and Christians—Beyond Brotherhood Week

Worldview ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Henry Siegman
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Orthodox Christianity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Catholic Church

Two major events that bracket the past decade like a set of bookends are the Vatican Declaration on the Jews (Nostra Aetate No. 4) in 1965 and “Guidelines for the Implementation of Nostra Aetate No. 4,” issued in January, 1975.There are two striking aspects to these events that immediately invite comment. First, they are both Catholic developments; there seem to have been no comparable developments of similar import for Christian-Jewish relations during this entire decade in Protestant and Orthodox Christianity—certainly none that come to mind as strikingly as do the two Catholic documents. Second, it took a full decade’ for the Catholic Church to issue instructions to its faithful to guide and encourage the implementation of Nostra Aetate.

Message Becomes Incarnate in Song: Church Hymns in the Diocese of Kenge

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-86
Author(s):  
Alfons Müller
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The Past ◽  
Christian Message ◽  
The Catholic Church

AbstractAs one cannot dance without music, so there is no music without dancing - so goes the popular thinking in Zaire. The Zairean Catholics have shown in the past admirable patience to imported European melodies and imposed language structures and their songs, robbed of their natural rhythm, were stilled until vernacular liturgy was approved in 1965. There is now music in the land, rich in the variety of various African traditions. The Catholic Church in Zaire is at last able to express itself in its own culture, and the Christian message becomes incarnate in songs and hymns.

scholarly journals Africanising the Catholic Mass Celebration in Ghana: Recognising Cultural Identity or Agenda to Retain the Faithful?

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Turn On ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Church ◽  
Full Conversion ◽  
The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church started in Ghana in the 1500s. The missionaries of this Eurocentric Church prohibited its converts from practising their culture, for example the singing of folksongs, drumming, dancing and wearing of talismans in and outside the church, because they were deemed satanic, savage, fetish, heathen and ungodly. The missionaries’ perception was that Ghanaians did not know God and they—the missionaries—had come to Africa to “teach the Ghanaians” about God. Church premises were decorated with the cross and Christ images to facilitate full conversion of converts; whereas Ghanaian traditional, cultural and religious shrines for the veneration of “their” gods were destroyed. Church hymns were in Latin and English with few translations. However, in a noteworthy change of heart, over the past two decades Ghanaian drums, songs and dance were once again accepted into the Mass. This ethnographic study, which was undertaken to understand the sudden “U-turn” on Ghanaian culture, found that the change of attitude was to recognise African culture with the agenda of retaining the faithful in the wake of competition from emerging charismatic churches.

scholarly journals The Italian Fascist regime, the Catholic Church and Protestant religious minorities in ‘terre redente’ (1918–40)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1–2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gasper Mithans
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Minority Religions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Fascist Regime ◽  
Discrimination And Oppression ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article explores the policies of discrimination and oppression towards Protestant communities in interwar Italy exercised by the state authorities and often incited by the Catholic Church. In particular, the circumstances in the multi-ethnic north-eastern region, the Julian March, are analysed in the context of so-called Border Fascism. The Protestant Churches had had in the past a prevalently ethnic character, but with the annexation to Italy, their background had been in several cases either concealed or, through migrations, Italians eventually became majorities. Another significant characteristic is that Slovene and Croatian minorities only rarely adhered to Protestantism, other than the relatively few Seventh-day Adventists and ‘Fratelli’. Based on the archival documents, oppressive actions of the Fascist authorities against Adventists in Trieste as a response to a complaint by the Catholic curia accusing them of proselytism are reconstructed. The investigations and harassments of Adventists show all basic similarities to the episodes of oppression against certain Protestant minorities in other parts of Italy, while the nationality of their members was a crucial factor in determining why of all minority religions, aside from the Jewish, it was this community which experienced the most oppressive police treatment in the Julian March region.

scholarly journals Batismo de Sangue: literatura testemunhal como ferramenta do reconhecimento histórico da dor.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Gouveia de Oliveira Rovai ◽  
Eduardo Augusto Carvalho Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Military Regime ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
Witness Testimony ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Catholic Church

Resumo: Este artigo discute e busca compreender a literatura de testemunho como fonte histórica importante para o entendimento da ditadura civil-militar e do processo de redemocratização no Brasil, por meio da obra do Frei Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo, o Frei Betto, intitulada Batismo de Sangue e publicada em 1982. Entende-se que as produções testemunhais de sobreviventes de grandes catástrofes não são reflexos da realidade, mas produtos históricos de uma sociedade específica e de agentes discursivos que interferem no próprio processo histórico, como o gênero testemunhal. A adoção de perspectivas e linguagens diferenciadas sobre a leitura do passado, o possível choque de conteúdos e interpretações entre a memória coletiva de militância de grupos distintos e a construção da memória relativa à participação de setores da Igreja Católica na resistência armada ao regime militar são preocupações abordadas neste texto. Palavras chave: Batismo de Sangue – ditadura – literatura - testemunho – dominicanos   Abstract: This article discusses and seeks the comprehension of witness testimony as an important historical source to understand the civil-militar dictatorship and the process of democratization of Brazil, through the literary work of the priest Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo, Frei Betto, called Batismo de Sangue, published in 1982. It is understood that the testimonial productions of survivors of great catastrophes, aren’t the reflexes of reality, but the historical products of a specific society and of discursive agents that interfere in the historical process itself, as a testimonial gender. The choice of perspectives and different languages about the analysis of the past, the possible shock of interpretations and contents between the collective memory of militancy of different groups and the construction of relative memory to the participation of sectors of the Catholic Church in the armed resistence to the military regime are some of the concerns addressed in this article. Keywords: Batismo de Sangue – dictatorship – literaty – testimony – dominicanos

scholarly journals The early years of Philippine Studies, 1953 to 1966

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-221
Author(s):  
Brendan Luyt
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
The World ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Historical Examination ◽  
The Catholic Church

The academic journal has been a key element of the scholarly world for some time and as a key component of this world it deserves historical examination. But this has not often been forthcoming, especially for regions of the world outside the Anglo-American core. In this article I examine the content of the early years of Philippine Studies. Founded in 1953, it has survived and prospered up to the present day as a vehicle for scholarly studies of the Philippines. The content of the early years of Philippine Studies (1953–66) reflected a desire on the part of its editors and many of its authors and supporters to create a Philippine society based on the teachings of the Catholic Church, one that would be strong enough to create a middle path between communism and liberalism. Articles published during this period advocated social reform based on the teachings of the Catholic Church; these articles also aired warnings about the communist threat to the Philippines and the world. But alongside these materials were literary and historical studies that also, but in a more indirect fashion, supported the project of Catholic-inspired social reform.

A Realignment of the Catholic Church in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-275
Author(s):  
Jonathon L. Wiggins ◽  
Mary L. Gautier ◽  
Thomas P. Gaunt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Us Census ◽  
The Catholic Church

The official, parish-identified, Catholic population in the United States over the past forty years (1980 to 2019) has grown 40 percent, from about 48 million to over 67 million. Such a hearty rate of growth might lead one to assume that the Catholic population is increasing across all parts of the country. This growth, however, has been anything but uniform. From 1980 to the present, the Catholic population in some US Census regions—mostly in the South and in the West of the country—has experienced a boom, while in others—mostly in the Northeast and Midwest—it has experienced a bust. In this article, the growth or decline in the number of Catholics in each of the four US Census regions is explored, using data from the 2020 Faith Communities Today survey as well as data submitted by Catholic dioceses. These analyses give a more nuanced portrait of the Catholic Church in the United States, shedding light on both the challenges and opportunities the US Catholic Church is experiencing in 2021.

The Catholic Church in Communist Poland, 1945–1955

1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Valkenier
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bilateral Agreement ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

In poland, unlike the other satellites, Communist policy toward the Church in the past ten years has been largely cautious and at times even conciliatory. There were no wholesale persecutions, no spectacular trials like those of Mindszenty or Stepinac. That is not to say that the Communists were willing to tolerate the rival claims of the Church to shape the mind and soul of the population. They merely found it wiser to pursue their goal slowly. The progress toward that goal, involving among other things the signing of a bilateral agreement, provides some insights into the course and outcome of a seemingly mild Communist policy.

scholarly journals Moral education and development in Poland after 1989

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Joanna Mysona Byrska
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
State Model ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
State Schools ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract This paper aims to show the development of moral education in Poland after 1989. The Catholic Church, family and schools are the most important things concerning moral education and development in Poland. . In the past, moral education in families and in state schools was different. The Catholic Church was, for many years, the anchor of freedom and Polish identity. By 1989, there were two models of education and moral development in Poland: the state model in the communist spirit and the Catholic Church with its Christian values. Individual families were in favor of one or the other. After 1989 everything changed and the state model became the same as the model of the Catholic Church and Polish families. In the paper, I will try to show how the current state of moral education in Poland and also I will try to present the changes that took place after 1989 in moral education.

National Minorities: A Chance or Challenge for the Catholic Church

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Orban
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
The Catholic Church

"The issue of national minorities in the past century has often given rise to conflicts, becoming a peace-threatening issue and consequently a source of serious distress. Thus, from this perspective, it had become a topic that the churches could not remain silent about. This article aims to present briefly the way in which the Catholic Church related to the national minorities from the perspective of the Catholic social teaching. At first, we will present a few ecclesiastical documents (papal documents, writings, speeches, etc.) that touched upon this topic one way or another during the past more than 100 years. In the light of these, we shall see the main aspects that the Catholic Church deemed to be important to emphasize in relation to minorities. Next, as an example, we shall also mention a few local ecclesiastical documents pointing out the manner in which the general principles are manifest in the toilsome everyday life of the local communities experiencing concrete historical situations. The third part of the study will refer to the important basic principles of social teaching – namely, common good and subsidiarity –, and we will try to pin down certain insights that would guide both the majority and the minority on the path towards the opportunity of welfare, thereby bringing hope for the mitigation of tensions. Keywords: national minorities, social teaching, the Catholic Church, common good, subsidiarity."

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