Americanism (Catholic Americanization movement)

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19th-century religious movement Catholic reform movement theological movement

Americanism was a late 19th-century Catholic movement in the United States, associated with figures like Archbishop John Ireland, that promoted adapting Catholic practice and thought to American democratic ideals, culture, and institutions.

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Label	Occurrences
Americanism (Catholic Americanization movement) canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century religious movement ⓘ Catholic reform movement ⓘ theological movement ⓘ
aimedTo	adapt Catholic practice to American culture ⓘ promote integration of Catholic immigrants into American society ⓘ reconcile Catholicism with American democracy ⓘ
allegedErrors	exaggeration of natural virtues over supernatural virtues ⓘ minimizing religious vows and the contemplative life ⓘ preference for active over passive virtues ⓘ undue accommodation to modern culture ⓘ
associatedWith	Archbishop John Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulist Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
condemnationDate	1899 ⓘ
condemnationType	papal letter ⓘ
condemnedBy	Pope Leo XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
condemnedInDocument	Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedAs	a form of liberal Catholicism ⓘ
doctrinalStatus	condemned as a set of propositions ⓘ
emphasized	active engagement with modern society ⓘ individual initiative in the spiritual life ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ
geographicFocus	United States Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainProponent	Isaac Thomas Hecker NERFINISHED ⓘ James Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lancaster Spalding NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	large-scale Catholic immigration to the United States ⓘ post–Civil War United States ⓘ
influencedBy	American democratic ideals ⓘ American political culture NERFINISHED ⓘ American social institutions ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse	English NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTermInfluence	debates on inculturation in the Catholic Church ⓘ later discussions of religious freedom in Catholic teaching ⓘ
opposedBy	conservative European Catholics ⓘ
prefigured	themes later developed at the Second Vatican Council ⓘ
relatedTo	liberal Catholicism ⓘ modernism (Catholic theological movement) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
soughtToAddress	anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States ⓘ integration of ethnic Catholic communities ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ
timePeriod	Gilded Age United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewedByOpponentsAs	dangerous compromise with modernity ⓘ
viewedBySupportersAs	legitimate adaptation of Catholicism to local conditions ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archbishop John Ireland → movement → Americanism (Catholic Americanization movement) ⓘ

subject surface form: John Ireland