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Catholic communism, also known as Left-Catholicism or White Bolshevism, [1] is a form of Christian communism that combines Catholicism with communism. Known as cattocomunismo in Italian, Catholic communism first emerged in Italy in the 1930s amongst the members of Catholic Action . [ 2 ]
Christian communism does not depend merely on the principles of the early apostles, and Christian communists argue that anti-capitalist ideals are deeply rooted in the Christian faith. While modern capitalism had not yet formed in the time of Jesus, his message was overwhelmingly against the love of money and greed, and in support of the poor ...
[6] Other scholars suggested that the traditional political communism, or Marxism, has always been a variety of religion. [7] In Christian Europe, communists were believed to have adopted atheism. In Protestant England, communism was too close to the Catholic communion rite, and socialist was the preferred term. [8]
Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that Dodd, a former communist, said, “In the 1930s, we put eleven hundred men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within.” This ...
Advocates of Christian communism argue that it was taught by Jesus and practiced by the Apostles themselves. [7] [40] Contemporary communism, including contemporary Christian communism, owes much to Marxist thought—particularly Marxian economics. While not all communists are in full agreement with Marxism, communists share the Marxist ...
The 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church, also promulgated by Pope John Paul II, condemns socialism as an atheistic ideology. Paragraph 2425 states: "The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with 'communism' or 'socialism.'
The relationship between Catholicism and socialism has been debated by various experts and theologians over the years. While some argue for the incompatibility of the two, [1] movements like liberation theology argue for the compatibility of them, and forms like Latin American Liberation Theology have synthesized Christian theology with Marxian socio-economic analysis.
In Christian Europe, communists were believed to have adopted atheism. In Protestant England, communism was too close to the Roman Catholic communion rite; hence socialist was the preferred term. [10] Friedrich Engels argued that in 1848, when The Communist Manifesto was published