Misunderstood Civic Duty: The Center Party and the Enabling Act

[...] the modern state was a secular contrivance to meet secular needs without any particular relevance for the life of the Church. [...] CathoUcs should accept any existing authority as legitimate and deserving of CathoUcs' loyally and service as long as the life of the Church remained intact.

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Published inA journal of church and state Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 236 - 264
Main Author Menke, Martin R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.03.2009
Subjects
Catholic theology
Catholicism
Christianity
Church & state
Church and state
Civic duty
Evaluation
Government cabinets
Nationalist parties
Nazism
Political parties
Religious history
Theology, Catholic
Treaties
Tychism
Voting
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Summary:[...] the modern state was a secular contrivance to meet secular needs without any particular relevance for the life of the Church. [...] CathoUcs should accept any existing authority as legitimate and deserving of CathoUcs' loyally and service as long as the life of the Church remained intact.
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MARTIN R. MENKE (BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, Boston College) is professor of history, Rivier College. He has had entries published in the Encyclopedia of Christian Politicians and the Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writings. His articles have appeared in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte and Catholic Historical Review. Special interests include: modern Germany, twentieth-century political Catholicism, and religious and national identity.
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2040-4867
DOI:10.1093/jcs/csp041