Religione, fede ed epidemi: La Chiesa di fronte a una sfida complessa (una cavalcata «episodica» a più voci attraverso i secoli) = Religion, faith, and epidemics : The Church faced with a complex challenge (a multi-voiced ‘episodic’ ride through the centuries
The paper aims to assess the position of the Catholic Church, as well as of its representatives, vis-a-vis epidemics through legislative and non-legislative sources. Both preventive measures adopted and ‘spiritual remedies’ voiced by some authors, especially ecclesiastics, are investigated. Divine w...
| Subtitles: | Religion, faith, and epidemics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Il Mulino
2020
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| In: |
Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: Speciale, Pages: 31-55 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Epidemic
B Pest B Procession B Remedy |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The paper aims to assess the position of the Catholic Church, as well as of its representatives, vis-a-vis epidemics through legislative and non-legislative sources. Both preventive measures adopted and ‘spiritual remedies’ voiced by some authors, especially ecclesiastics, are investigated. Divine wrath, bellum divinum, God’s punishment through the centuries from the Middle Ages to the modern age is almost constantly indicated as the cause of the outbreak of the disease. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1440/102127 |