Series | Studi di storia
Edited book | The Reception and Application of the Encyclical Pascendi
Chapter | The Reception of the Encyclical Pascendi in Germany

The Reception of the Encyclical Pascendi in Germany

Abstract

With regard to the special situation in Germany, where Catholics formed a minority in a predominantly Protestant Constitutional Monarchy (which was nevertheless viewed rather favourably by the Roman Curia), the German bishops succeeded in receiving a dispensation from some of the regulations of Pascendi. In their reports, the bishops presented their dioceses in a favourable light and tried to immunize them against further Roman action. A certain tendency towards a minimizing interpretation of the scope of anti-modernism is manifest.


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Submitted: Jan. 5, 2017 | Published March 29, 2017 | Language: en

Keywords GermanyPascendiPaul Wilhelm von KepplerGeorg von KoppBishops


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