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 4

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Predicate Object
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 Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Italian states ⓘ
Southern Germany ⓘ
linked to: southern Germany
hasParticipant Benito Jerónimo Feijóo ⓘ
Franz Stephan Rautenstrauch ⓘ
Ignaz von Felbiger ⓘ
Johann Michael Sailer ⓘ
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim ⓘ
Ludovico Antonio Muratori ⓘ
Pietro Tamburini ⓘ
Scipione de’ Ricci ⓘ
Valentin Eybel ⓘ
Zaccaria Boverius ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ⓘ
early modern Catholic reform currents ⓘ
scientific revolution ⓘ
opposedTo atheistic Enlightenment currents ⓘ
militant anti-clericalism ⓘ
radical Enlightenment ⓘ
relatedConcept Catholic Reform ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Counter-Reformation ⓘ
Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Febronianism ⓘ
linked to: Erastianism

Gallicanism ⓘ
Jansenism ⓘ
Josephinism ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
startTime 18th century ⓘ

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

Milanese Enlightenment → movement → Catholic Enlightenment ⓘ
Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini → movement → Catholic Enlightenment ⓘ
Italian Enlightenment → relatedConcept → Catholic Enlightenment ⓘ
Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal → partOf → Catholic Enlightenment ⓘ