Catholic Modernism, condemned in 1907, seeded later Christian Democracy
Evidence
Modernism was an intellectual movement which developed among catholics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its proclaimed aims were to bring the Church into harmony with the culture and society of the contemporary world—especially with new developments in scientific and sociological thinking. It was condemned by the Papal decree Lamentabili and the Encyclical Pascendi in 1907. However, via the work notably of Romolo Murri, it was an important ideological ancestor of contemporary Christian Democracy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1884
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Catholic Modernism as a movement aiming to harmonize the Church with contemporary science and society, condemned in 1907.
- XREF: connects to: Catholic Modernism attempted church-world harmonization but was condemned in 1907; The Catholic Church condemned Modernism in 1907 for engaging modern science and sociology; Uneven industrialization during France’s Fifth Republic briefly revived Modernism — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 293 (+1 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Catholic Modernism attempted church-world harmonization but was condemned in 1907; The Catholic Church condemned Modernism in 1907 for engaging modern science and sociology; Uneven industrialization during France’s Fifth Republic briefly revived Modernism — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 293 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Catholic Modernism attempted church-world harmonization but was condemned in 1907
#expands(0.92) - Catholic Modernism reconciled Church doctrine with modern science.
#corroborates(0.90) - The Catholic Church condemned Modernism in 1907 for engaging modern science and sociology
#corroborates(0.85) - Uneven industrialization during France’s Fifth Republic briefly revived Modernism
#exemplifies(0.70) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 293