Socialism and Catholicism in Ireland
There is no man or movement in modern Irish history that can be intelligibly discussed apart from the Roman Catholic church in Ireland. That Church had for centuries been intimately bound up with nearly every phase of Irish life. Taking the measure of so complex and venerable an institution is an en...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1964]
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Church history
Year: 1964, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 462-483 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBF British Isles |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | There is no man or movement in modern Irish history that can be intelligibly discussed apart from the Roman Catholic church in Ireland. That Church had for centuries been intimately bound up with nearly every phase of Irish life. Taking the measure of so complex and venerable an institution is an enormous task. Since there is no general history of the Church in Ireland, the main difficulty is in maintaining perspective. In confining the discussion to the narrower limits of the relations between the Irish Labour movement and the Church, an obvious distortion is attendent. Seeing the Church in microcosm is not seeing it whole and constant, if indeed such a thing is possible. Examining it with regard to Irish Labour is actually taking liberties with its historical context. Two unequal figures are in contention on the Irish stage, and the Church, which is certainly the larger of the two, suffers proportionately by having to play so limited a role. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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