Conflit et violence dans l’Église catholique au début du XXe siècle: la répression du modernisme

Catholic modernism was primarily an attempt to introduce freedom of research and critical inquiry in the field of religious studies, with particular emphasis on biblical studies. On the other hand, anti-modern Catholicism supported a return to a “Christian” science. The repression of modernism was characterized by a liberticidal intellectual regime and promoting a set of disciplinary norms aimed at controlling scholars, professors, students, and scholarly publications. This set of measures was supporting the return to a Catholic, anti-modern and anti-democratic society. This ideology has not ceased to exist in the following decades. It was only with Vatican II that the Church inaugurated a new path in relating with modern society.