L' ULTIMA CROCIATA?: Il cattolicesimo italiano davanti alla presa di Gerusalemme (1917)
The article aims to analyse the reactions of the various branches of the Italian Catholicism to the conquest of Jerusalem by the Entente in December 1917. Firstly, the research studies the reaction of the Holy See, which probably influenced the attitude of the Italian Catholics, and the Pope's...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Ed. Morcelliana
[2019]
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Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
Year: 2019, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 171-201 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBJ Italy KBL Near East and North Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Storia del cattolicesimo italiano
B crociata B Catholic Church History B Storia culturale della Grande Guerra B Storia della Chiesa cattolica B Pastoral Care B Fronte interno italiano B Crusade B Italian Home Front B Catholics B Cultural History of the Great War B History of the Italian Catholicism |
| Summary: | The article aims to analyse the reactions of the various branches of the Italian Catholicism to the conquest of Jerusalem by the Entente in December 1917. Firstly, the research studies the reaction of the Holy See, which probably influenced the attitude of the Italian Catholics, and the Pope's approach concerning the Middle East question. Secondly, the article focuses on the conduct of the ecclesiastic hierarchies - including the Military Ordinariate -, reconstructing the pastoral care and some religious celebrations promoted to commemorate the event. Finally, it investigates the reactions of the Catholic public opinion in Italy, mainly through the analysis of the Catholic press, which often also reports the public discourses held during public events. Predominantly, the study wants to observe whether and to what extent the Italian Catholicism tried to represent the 1917-18 Palestine campaign as a crusade in order to legitimize the conflict. With different approaches, the Italian Catholic clergy and laity appeared generally reluctant to explicitly use of the ideology of crusade due to theological and doctrinal reasons: the conquest of Jerusalem was part of the just war conducted by the Entente, but it could not be considered like a step or the conclusion of a crusade. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
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