“I am a Roman Catholic, but I am not an ultramontane, nor a papist”: Fr. Diogo Antônio Feijó and Catholicism as a Civil Religion: “I am a Roman Catholic, but I am not an ultramontane, nor a papist”: Fr. Diogo Antônio Feijó and Catholicism as a Civil Religion

This article aims to analyze the religious project defended by Father Diogo Antônio Feijó. Their political attitudes were against the interests of the Holy See, as they suggested a Church that valued the individual's freedom and an end to clerical celibacy. For this priest, the Church should ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: de Souza Oliveira, Gustavo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES)
Repository:Caminhos da História (Montes Claros. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.periodicos.unimontes.br:article/2619
Online Access:https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/caminhosdahistoria/article/view/2619
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Igreja
Liberalismo
Ultramontanismo
Celibato clerical
Religião Civil
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Summary:This article aims to analyze the religious project defended by Father Diogo Antônio Feijó. Their political attitudes were against the interests of the Holy See, as they suggested a Church that valued the individual's freedom and an end to clerical celibacy. For this priest, the Church should adapt to local realities, acting as support for the State. In his pronouncements, he was against the papal centrality and the end of clerical celibacy