MODERNISM AND CATHOLIC POLITICAL DOCTRINE
https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2017-1-52-140-151
Abstract
The article studies the perception of Modernism by the Catholic Church as a movement within the clerical structure and philosophy that existed during the 19-20th centuries in the framework of general skepticism and rejection of tradition, prioritization of individualism, formal equality, faith in inevitability of social, scientific and technological progress, rationalization and professionalization. A distinctive feature of this movement is the participation of the priests themselves, especially in France and Italy. The object of research is the Catholic political doctrine during the pontificate of Pius X. Modernist movement in Catholicism, in opinion of many scientists had a decisive impact on the reform direction during the Second Vatican Council, but on closer study of the discourse that took place in the late 19th - early 20th centuries, it becomes obvious that this is not true. The focus of the article is the political doctrine of Catholicism - the issue of state political structure, its relationship with church institutions, status of the individual in societyc. In this regard, the modernists gave priority to necessity of secularization and complete separation of secular and spiritual power. In the article different scientifical methods, ave used such as dialectical, logical, comparative, systematic. The main conclusion of the author is that modernism should be regarded as an unsuccessful attempt to reform the Catholic Church that could have lead to its another schism, rather than a route towards the Second Vatican Council. The desire to change the structure, methods of church mission, its hierarchy and a number of other formal elements – was implemented by church itself for multiple times before. However, revision of the foundations of Christian ethics and its ontology, including its political doctrine, ran into resistance of the Holy See, causing, in essence, a rhetorical question - whether scientific and technical progress should necessarily lead to the progress of ethics.
About the Author
H. T. Sardaryan
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD in Political Science. Acting Dean of Public Administration Faculty,
76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
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Sardaryan H.T. MODERNISM AND CATHOLIC POLITICAL DOCTRINE. MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2017;(1(52)):140-151. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2017-1-52-140-151
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