Jesuit Law of 1872

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The Jesuit Law of 1872 was a key anti-Catholic measure in Bismarck’s Kulturkampf that expelled the Jesuit order from the German Empire and severely restricted its activities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jesuit Law 1
Jesuit Law of 1872 canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German imperial law ⓘ
Kulturkampf measure ⓘ
anti-Catholic law ⓘ
aimedAt reducing Catholic Church influence in the German Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jesuit Law ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit Law of 1872

Jesuitengesetz ⓘ
appliesTo Society of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithPolicyOf Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
consequence mobilization of Catholic political opposition ⓘ
strengthening of the Centre Party in German politics ⓘ
worsening relations between the German state and the Vatican ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
effect ban on Jesuit establishments in the German Empire ⓘ
closure of Jesuit houses and institutions ⓘ
expulsion of Jesuits from the German Empire ⓘ
forced exile of many Jesuit priests ⓘ
severe restrictions on Jesuit activities ⓘ
geographicalScope territory of the German Empire ⓘ
historicalEra German Empire (Second Reich) ⓘ
linked to: German Empire
ideologicalBasis Protestant-national state ideology ⓘ
secularization of public life ⓘ
legalCharacter discriminatory law based on religious affiliation ⓘ
exception law targeting a specific religious order ⓘ
legalStatusForJesuits prohibition of residence in most of the German Empire ⓘ
restrictions on founding or running educational institutions ⓘ
restrictions on preaching and pastoral work ⓘ
longTermImpact precedent for later debates on church–state separation in Germany ⓘ
symbol of state repression of religious orders in Germany ⓘ
motivatedBy anti-ultramontanism ⓘ
desire to strengthen state control over education ⓘ
fear of Jesuit political influence ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic bishops in Germany ⓘ
Centre Party (Zentrum) ⓘ
partOf Kulturkampf ⓘ
politicalContext conflict between Prussian-dominated state and Catholic Church ⓘ
relatedTo May Laws (Falk Laws) ⓘ
linked to: May Laws

other Kulturkampf legislation against Catholic orders ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant tensions in Germany ⓘ
conflict with the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
subjectOf debates on religious freedom in 19th-century Germany ⓘ
historical research on Kulturkampf ⓘ
supportedBy liberal and Protestant-national circles in the German Empire ⓘ
targetedGroup Jesuit order ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
timePeriod 1870s ⓘ

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

Kulturkampf → significantEvent → Jesuit Law of 1872 ⓘ
Jesuit Law of 1872 → alsoKnownAs → Jesuit Law ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit Law of 1872