Catholic Enlightenment

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The Catholic Enlightenment was an 18th-century reform movement within the Catholic Church that sought to reconcile traditional faith with reason, science, and the political ideals of the broader Enlightenment.

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instanceOf 18th-century movement
intellectual movement
religious reform movement
endTime early 19th century
field Catholic theology
biblical studies
church history
moral theology
political theology
hasCharacteristic acceptance of natural law philosophy
attempt to harmonize faith and reason
critique of superstition
emphasis on pastoral renewal
emphasis on usefulness of religion for society
engagement with natural theology
interest in biblical scholarship
interest in economic and social reform
interest in historical criticism
loyalty to papacy
moderate reformism
moral rigor combined with pastoral leniency
promotion of education
reform of religious orders
support for enlightened absolutism in some regions
support for state-church collaboration
use of vernacular catechesis
hasEffect development of historically oriented theology
expansion of popular religious instruction
greater engagement with secular learning
influence on 19th-century Catholic liberalism
influence on Vatican II-era ressourcement
modernization of Catholic education
reform of seminaries
hasLanguage French
German
Italian
Latin
Spanish
hasMainGoal adapt Catholicism to modern political ideas
integrate modern science into Catholic thought
promote religious toleration within a Catholic framework
reconcile Catholic faith with Enlightenment reason
reform church institutions
hasMainRegion Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Europe
France
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Italian states
southern Germany
surface form: Southern Germany
hasParticipant Benito Jerónimo Feijóo
Franz Stephan Rautenstrauch
Ignaz von Felbiger NERFINISHED
Johann Michael Sailer NERFINISHED
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
Ludovico Antonio Muratori
Pietro Tamburini
Scipione de’ Ricci
Valentin Eybel
Zaccaria Boverius
influencedBy Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

early modern Catholic reform currents
scientific revolution
opposedTo atheistic Enlightenment currents
militant anti-clericalism
Radical Enlightenment
surface form: radical Enlightenment
relatedConcept Counter-Reformation
surface form: Catholic Reform

Counter-Reformation
Enlightened absolutism
Erastianism
surface form: Febronianism

Gallicanism
Jansenism
Josephinism
religiousTradition Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
startTime 18th century

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Milanese Enlightenment movement Catholic Enlightenment