Carl Schmitt and the Church’s political form

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  • Marcelo Sampaio Soares de Azevedo Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168105

Keywords:

Political theology, State order, representation, liberalism, religious freedom

Abstract

It was by means of two works published at the beginning of the past century – ‘Political Theology I” (published in 1922) and ‘Roman Catholicism and Political Form” (I edition in 1923 and II edition in 1925 with minor alterations) – that Carl Schmitt traced the historical presence of Catholicism and approached the process of institutionalization effected both within and by the Catholic Church. The subject stands out for its central focus on questions that touched the universe of theology and that revealed the highly theological- political strand of this line of thought. In light of these works, the aim of the present article is to discuss the general features of Schmitt’s thoughts on the Church’s own order, its visible form, its singular rationality and also its dual role in the configuration of the State, in terms of that which served (and continues to serve) as a paradigm for State order

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Author Biography

Marcelo Sampaio Soares de Azevedo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo

Possui graduação em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito de Sorocaba (1996) e Mestrado em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2002). Atualmente é vice-diretor e professor titular da Faculdade de Direito de Sorocaba, onde leciona História do Direito e Introdução ao Estudo do Direito. Doutorando em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

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Published

2016-01-28

How to Cite

Azevedo, M. S. S. de. (2016). Carl Schmitt and the Church’s political form. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 8(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168105

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Vol. 8 - No. 1 - Janeiro a Abril (2016)

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