SCIENTIFIC REVIEW
THE ROLE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN SALVATION; TRADITION VERSUS CHANGE WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej
Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska
Publication date: 2018-07-12
Economic and Regional Studies 2010;4(1):140-145
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The main thesis put forward in the book “The Church in the shadow of the guillotine; French Catholicism to the French Revolution (1789–1815)” is the very well justified conviction that the French Revolution contributed to shaping the modern image of the papacy. This thesis, of course, has wider implications and its main meta-political
premise is the idea that during a period of chaos there is an increased need for order; often ensconced in tradition.