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The Catholic Reform: Towards A Modern Symbiosis Of Religion And Politics
The Catholic Reform: Towards A Modern Symbiosis Of Religion And Politics

Author(s): Dalibor M. Elezović, Marija V. Kocić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Catholic Reform;religion;politics;Catholicism;Protestantism;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the Catholic Reform as a period of change in the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th and 17th centuries, which opposed the Reformation, and which contained a symbiosis of religion and politics. On the path of consolidation, the Roman Catholic Church did not opt for a gospel approach, and therefore implemented a significant part of its measures precisely through political means, which were sometimes aggressive and at times sophisticated. Significant aspects of the Reform were closer to political action than internal reconstruction and reorganization, with such measures the Roman Catholic Church sought to consolidate and protect against Protestantism.

  • Issue Year: 53/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1417-1437
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English, Serbian