Americanist Heresy In Roman Catholicism 1895 1900

Download or read book The Americanist Heresy in Roman Catholicism, 1895-1900 written by Thomas Timothy McAvoy and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America entered the twentieth century, a difficult question confronted the rapidly-growing Catholic Church: to what degree, if any, should religious practices be adapted to the American milieu? The Catholic hierarchy of the United States in these years was sharply divided between conservatives and "Americanists". The former group believed that republican governments were, per se, opposed to religion. The "Americanists", on the other hand, not only saw democracy as the best possible government for a pluralistic society such as obtained in this nation, but were convinced that a pragmatic approach to cultural problems was an absolute necessity.