Author: Jacques Kornberg
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144262258X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in early 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to condemn Nazi Germany and its allies for mass atrocities and genocide remains controversial almost seventy years after the end of the Second World War. Scholars have blamed Pius’s inaction on anti-communism, antisemitism, a special emotional bond with Germany, or a preference for fascist authoritarianism. Delving deep into Catholic theology and ecclesiology, Jacques Kornberg argues instead that what drove Pius XII was the belief that his highest priority must be to preserve the authority of the Church and the access to salvation that it provided. In The Pope’s Dilemma, Kornberg uses the examples of Pius XII’s immediate predecessors Benedict XV and the Armenian genocide and Pius XI and Fascist Italy, as well as case studies of Pius XII’s wartime policies towards five Catholic countries (Croatia, France, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), to demonstrate the consistency with which Pius XII and the Vatican avoided confronting the perpetrators of atrocities and strove to keep Catholics within the Church. By this measure, Pius XII did not betray, but fulfilled his papal role. A meticulous and careful analysis of the career of the twentieth century’s most controversial pope, The Pope’s Dilemma is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the Catholic Church’s wartime legacy.
The Pope's Dilemma
Author: Jacques Kornberg
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144262258X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in early 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to condemn Nazi Germany and its allies for mass atrocities and genocide remains controversial almost seventy years after the end of the Second World War. Scholars have blamed Pius’s inaction on anti-communism, antisemitism, a special emotional bond with Germany, or a preference for fascist authoritarianism. Delving deep into Catholic theology and ecclesiology, Jacques Kornberg argues instead that what drove Pius XII was the belief that his highest priority must be to preserve the authority of the Church and the access to salvation that it provided. In The Pope’s Dilemma, Kornberg uses the examples of Pius XII’s immediate predecessors Benedict XV and the Armenian genocide and Pius XI and Fascist Italy, as well as case studies of Pius XII’s wartime policies towards five Catholic countries (Croatia, France, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), to demonstrate the consistency with which Pius XII and the Vatican avoided confronting the perpetrators of atrocities and strove to keep Catholics within the Church. By this measure, Pius XII did not betray, but fulfilled his papal role. A meticulous and careful analysis of the career of the twentieth century’s most controversial pope, The Pope’s Dilemma is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the Catholic Church’s wartime legacy.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144262258X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in early 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to condemn Nazi Germany and its allies for mass atrocities and genocide remains controversial almost seventy years after the end of the Second World War. Scholars have blamed Pius’s inaction on anti-communism, antisemitism, a special emotional bond with Germany, or a preference for fascist authoritarianism. Delving deep into Catholic theology and ecclesiology, Jacques Kornberg argues instead that what drove Pius XII was the belief that his highest priority must be to preserve the authority of the Church and the access to salvation that it provided. In The Pope’s Dilemma, Kornberg uses the examples of Pius XII’s immediate predecessors Benedict XV and the Armenian genocide and Pius XI and Fascist Italy, as well as case studies of Pius XII’s wartime policies towards five Catholic countries (Croatia, France, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), to demonstrate the consistency with which Pius XII and the Vatican avoided confronting the perpetrators of atrocities and strove to keep Catholics within the Church. By this measure, Pius XII did not betray, but fulfilled his papal role. A meticulous and careful analysis of the career of the twentieth century’s most controversial pope, The Pope’s Dilemma is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the Catholic Church’s wartime legacy.
Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
Publisher: Boston, Hall
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher: Boston, Hall
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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A Finding List of Books on the War in the Library of Congress
Author: Princeton University. Library
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Languages : en
Pages : 326
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A Finding List of Books on the War in the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the Princeton University Library, Together with a Number of Titles to be Found in Other Libraries: J to Z
Author: Princeton University. Library
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Lettre pastorale de son éminence le cardinal Mercier, archevêque de Malines, sur le patriotisme et l'endurance
Lettre pastorale de son éminence le cardinal Mercier, archevêque de Malines, pimat de Belgique sur le patriotisme et l'endurance [...].
Patriotisme et endurance
Author: Désiré Mercier (Philosoph, Theologe, Kardinal, Belgien)
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Languages : fr
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Languages : fr
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Patriotisme et endurance, lettre pastorale de S.E. le cardinal Mercier archevêque de Malines, aux fidèles de son diocèse
Author: cardinal Désiré Joseph Mercier
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Languages : fr
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Languages : fr
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Lettre pastorale de Son Éminence le cardinal Mercier,... sur le patriotisme et l'endurance : lettre éditée et transmise au clergé du diocèse le 25 décembre 1914...
Pastoral Letter of His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines, Primate of Belgium
Author: Désiré Mercier
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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