Frati, Papi E Re: Discussioni Tre (Italian Edition) - Softcover

Ruggiero Bonghi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461804875 ISBN 13: 9780461804874

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

Frati, Papi E Re; Discussioni Tre — Ruggiero Bonghi. Frati, Papi E Re; Discussioni Tre is a critical collection of essays examining church-state relations in 19th-century Europe and Italy. Bonghi surveys contemporary legal frameworks governing religious associations, religious orders, and church property, offering extensive comparisons among Belgian, French, Prussian, Austrian, Spanish, English, and American models. He analyzes how Italian legislation of the 1860s aimed at separating church and state—notably the 1866 and 1867 laws—shaped the status of religious bodies and their civil personality, arguing for liberty of association while restricting formal corporate status. The volume also explores the Conclave and the rights of secular authorities in papal elections, tracing centuries of political maneuvering around papal succession and the balance between clergy and civil power. Later sections reflect on the consequences of Italian unification, including 1873 parliamentary debates in Rome about suppressing religious corporations in the capital. Throughout, Bonghi offers a disciplined, comparative, historical study of how religious life intersects with modern state power, rights, and public policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: Italian
• ISBN 10: 0461804875
• ISBN 13: 9780461804874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256