Christendom
The Chrétienté is one central period of the history of the Occident since the Middle Ages, an ideal and political doctrines at the same time.
Ideal of medieval Christendom
One indicates name of Christendom all of the people and nations adhering to the Roman Catholicisme and subjected to the Spiritual power of the Pape and the Saint Seat, by extension, the worldwide where prevails these populations. The historical example of the medieval Christendom at the time of holy Louis, of the Cathedral S, the Knighthood, and the Croisades is often put in ideal among Christians practitioner which militates politically for a restoration of the Catholicism of State.
Social doctrines of the Church
In the social Doctrines of the Church, Christendom appears when two capacities distinct (but nonindependent) direct the men and the people, namely the Temporal power exerted by the kings and the Heads of State and the Spiritual power exerted by the pope. It is the “doctrines of the two swords”. Christendom there is when these two capacities “collaborate” in the skew of Concordat S for Community property. One speaks then about religion of State. Christendom is thus well also political doctrines.
Christendom or “Counter-revolution”
The catholic doctrines condemn the law of separation of the Church and the French State of 1905 and the Laïcité. She condemns also the effects of the French revolution and egalitarian principles the “and naturalists” of 1789. The catholics practitioners who opposes the revolutionary phenomenon and want to restore the order moral and social of Christendom post themselves like Contre-révolutionnaire S.
Limits of Christendom
Contours of Christendom, just as those delimiting the territory of the others Religion S, are thus not clearly délimitables. It is necessary to take into account the effective role of the religion among inhabitants, role which it is not easy to appreciate, like taking account of the particular status of the religion at the national level: Religion of State, Legal settlement, religious Tolerance…
“Christendom” or “Christian Occident”
The term christianitas preceded the Europe term in its semantic meaning. A more territorial meaning lies in the term of “Christian Occident”.
See too
Simple: Christendom
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