Traditionalism (Catholicism)

This article is about the 19th century movement. For the modern movement, see Traditionalist Catholic.

Traditionalism in the context of 19th century Catholicism refers to a theory which held that all metaphysical, moral, and religious knowledge derives from God's revelation to man and is handed down in an unbroken chain of tradition.[1][2] It denied that human reason by itself has the power to attain to any truths in these domains of knowledge.[1] It arose, mainly in Belgium and France, as a reaction to 18th century rationalism and can be considered an extreme form of anti-rationalism.[1][2] Its chief proponents were Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821), L. G. A. de Bonald (1754–1840) and F. R. de Lamennais (1782-1854).[1][2] Their doctrines were advocated in a modified form by L. E. M. Bautain (1796–1867), Augustin Bonnetty (1798–1879), Casimir Ubaghs (1800-1875) and the philosophers of the Louvain school.[1][3] The fundamental distrust of human reason underlying traditionalism was eventually condemned in a number of papal decrees and finally ruled out by the Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith of the First Vatican Council in 1870.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone, eds. (2009). "Traditionalism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd rev. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 Robert Wuthnow, ed. (2009). "Traditionalism". The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Routledge. p. 737.
  3. ↑ Gerald A. McCool (1989). Nineteenth-century Scholasticism: The Search for a Unitary Method. Fordham Univ Press. p. 126.
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