Devotions for Times of Swords: the Sacred Heart and Christ the King as political categories the carlist movement (1931-1936)

Authors

  • ANTONIO MANUEL MORAL RONCAL

Keywords:

Spain, Second Republic, Carlism, political Catholicism.

Abstract

During the Second Republic, the Carlist movement recovered its discourse and its symbols, putting itself forward as a radical alternative through Catholic restoration. Its orientation was openly opposed to the stance of Pius XI and the Spanish ecclesiastic hierarchy, but the legitimists tried to present themselves to public opinion as loyal defenders of the Christian orthodoxy and the Seat of Saint Peter. Alfonso Carlos I’s consecration to the Sacred Heart (Sagrado Corazón), as a further step towards restoring the social kingdom of Jesus Christ, was politically used to increase his political support, in an environment marked by clashes between the republican secularising policies and the Catholic defence against them.

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Published

2009-05-19

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STUDIES

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