Liberal Catholicism
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Liberal Catholicism is a current of thought within the Catholic Church influenced by classical liberalism and promoting the separation of church and state, freedom of religion in the civic arena, expa
Félicité de La Mennais is considered the forerunner of liberal Catholicism.
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Daniel O'Connell
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Daniel O'Connell, hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ir
Liberal Catholicism
…Catholic movement had a lasting impact in that it ended the association of the ideal of national independence with that of anti-clerical revolution. Daniel O'Connell contributed greatly to liberal Catholicism. Americanism (heresy…
1834 portrait of O'Connell by George Hayter
Catholic Emancipation as a world upside down: held aloft, Daniel O'Connell promises wigs – symbol of Ascendancy rank and property – for "ye all." (Isaac Cruikshank 1789–1856)
The Repealer Repulsed, Belfast 1841
O'Connell's "chariot", now on display in Derrynane House