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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| Catholic Enlightenment canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Catholic Enlightenment Context triple: [Milanese Enlightenment, movement, Catholic Enlightenment]
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Catholic literary revival
The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
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Reformation and Catholicity
Reformation and Catholicity is a theological work by Gustaf Aulén that explores the relationship between Reformation theology and the broader catholic tradition of the Christian church.
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Radical Enlightenment
Radical Enlightenment is a strand of 17th- and 18th-century thought that pushed for thoroughgoing secularism, democracy, and intellectual freedom by radically challenging religious and monarchical authority.
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Baroque scholasticism
Baroque scholasticism was a late, highly systematized form of scholastic philosophy and theology that flourished in early modern Europe and helped shape the intellectual context from which Enlightenment thought emerged.
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Jansenism
Jansenism was a 17th-century Catholic reform movement emphasizing original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and a rigorist moral theology, strongly associated with French intellectual and religious circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Catholic Enlightenment Target entity description: 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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A.
Catholic literary revival
The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
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B.
Reformation and Catholicity
Reformation and Catholicity is a theological work by Gustaf Aulén that explores the relationship between Reformation theology and the broader catholic tradition of the Christian church.
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C.
Radical Enlightenment
Radical Enlightenment is a strand of 17th- and 18th-century thought that pushed for thoroughgoing secularism, democracy, and intellectual freedom by radically challenging religious and monarchical authority.
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D.
Baroque scholasticism
Baroque scholasticism was a late, highly systematized form of scholastic philosophy and theology that flourished in early modern Europe and helped shape the intellectual context from which Enlightenment thought emerged.
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E.
Jansenism
Jansenism was a 17th-century Catholic reform movement emphasizing original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and a rigorist moral theology, strongly associated with French intellectual and religious circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century movement
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intellectual movement ⓘ religious reform movement ⓘ |
| endTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| field |
Catholic theology
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biblical studies ⓘ church history ⓘ moral theology ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
acceptance of natural law philosophy
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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
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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
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMainGoal |
adapt Catholicism to modern political ideas
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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
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surface form:
Austrian Netherlands
Europe ⓘ France ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Italian states ⓘ southern Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Germany
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| hasParticipant |
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo
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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
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surface form:
Enlightenment
early modern Catholic reform currents ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
atheistic Enlightenment currents
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militant anti-clericalism ⓘ Radical Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form:
radical Enlightenment
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| relatedConcept |
Counter-Reformation
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surface form:
Catholic Reform
Counter-Reformation ⓘ Enlightened absolutism ⓘ Erastianism ⓘ
surface form:
Febronianism
Gallicanism ⓘ Jansenism ⓘ Josephinism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholic Church worldwide
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| startTime | 18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Catholic Enlightenment Description of subject: 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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