Church and State in Italy during the Last Years of Pius IX
During the closing years of Pius IX's pontificate the relations between church and state in Italy were marred by incessant and acrimonious strife. The occupation of Rome on September 20, 1870 had widened the breach between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. The subsequent course of this...
| Published in: | Church history |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1936]
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Church history
Year: 1936, Volume: 5, Pages: 71-84 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
church-state relations
B Italy B Verhältnis Staat-Kirche B Pius IX |
| Summary: | During the closing years of Pius IX's pontificate the relations between church and state in Italy were marred by incessant and acrimonious strife. The occupation of Rome on September 20, 1870 had widened the breach between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. The subsequent course of this feud brought no attenuation of existing animosities. The implacable hostility of the Vatican to the new order of things in the peninsula spurred the Italian government to take drastic measures against the church and its recalcitrant hierarchy. Decisive too in the launching of this concerted offensive was the eagerness of the country's rulers to accelerate the secularization of Italian life. To these recurrent assaults the Holy See invariably replied with a barrage of protests and denunciations which reverberated throughout the Catholic world. Each fresh crisis was accompanied by recriminations which threw into sharp relief the formidable barriers to an understanding between these seemingly irreconcilable foes. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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