The Catholic church and a national question
Having described the situation after the Roman empire fell, it is now time to explain the position of the catholic church towards nations. In this article I will address only the catholic church, as the protestant churches have been founded on a slightly different bases and its position towards the existence of a nation might differ. The catholic church has also been, and it is until now the biggest religious political subject, which still influences the politics all around the world.
In order to understand the stance the catholic church has taken towards the existence of a nation, it is necessary to understand, what is the catholic church in the first place. It is an institution, which during the span of hundreds of years almost monopolized christianity. There is more than 1 billion Roman Catholics in the world and most of them accept the catholic church and its sovereign, the pope, as their religious leader. Catholic church during its history never refrained from using the most brutal means to keep power. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, tortured and killed because they stood between the catholic church and the power.
The catholic church is a unique organization matched by no other in this world. It offers almost two millennia long history, traditionalism, conservatism and most importantly, power over people, all packed up and covered by the facade of a peaceful organization aiming to help the poor and disadvantaged people in the world. Such organization attracts certain people. People who either want to help these poor souls, but who are unable to do it on their own and who need a guidance of someone else, and power hungry people who join the church in order to get the power they seek. Many of these people are also degenerates, who seek vulnerable prey for their lust.
The church has use for both types. Those who desire to help the poor people around the world are given the chance without knowing, that they serve as a PR product covering the real reason for the existence of the catholic church. The reason for its existence is to conquer and control as many people as possible, who would secure the comfortable lives of the church members and disappearance of its opponents. The regime the catholic church would like to impose does not differ from other totalitarian regimes be it nazism or communism. Total control, complete obedience and destruction of its enemies, these are the main elements of the church ideology.
When I say church ideology, I do not mean Christianity. Christianity as a faith is totally fine. The catholic church, however, distorted the original idea of the Christianity and added the political element into the faith, creating a product that I consider an ideology.
It is not an accident that both of the most evil ideologies of the 20th century, communism and nazism, tried to minimize the influence of the catholic church and its teachings on people. The clash with communism was inevitable as both, the communist ideology and the catholic ideology, share the same traits. The first one being equality. According to the catholic church, all people are equal in the eyes of god. The communism also considers equality as one of its elements, even though it is meant literally. The second shared trait is universalism. Communism, in theory, does not differentiate between nations, races or genders. What matters is, whether the certain person believes in the right ideas. The same goes for the church and its ideology. The mere existence of a nation is a common enemy of both, the catholic church and the communists, because people caring about the national interests will not fight against their own nationals just because they do not share the same religious or political beliefs. The hatred between communism and the catholic church is a consequence of a fact that both of these ideologies are very similar in their core and they aim to the same audience – poor, struggling people hoping for a better future.
Explaining the stance of the catholic church towards the national question also explains why the nazis and the catholic church did not go well with each other, even though they did share some common elements. Nazism had two stages during its existence – first the left wing one during the 1920s which was effectively put to an end during the night of the long knives and the second phase from 1934 onwards, which was more conservative and right wing based. Yet both of these phases contained the national element which was one of the most important parts of the nazi ideology and, as such, the catholic church could never completely accept the nazi ideology, even though they were sometimes on the same side with the nazis. The great example is antisemitism, the catholic church's invention, taken to the extreme by the nazis.
Nazism and the catholic church ideology, however, share one similar element, conservatism. It is without a doubt, that the catholic church, being probably the oldest still existing organisation, serves as a role model for all conservatives around the world. The strength of the catholic church today is its connection with these kinds of people. The catholic church lost the fight with the left, but managed to attract the conservatives. And what is more dangerous, the catholic church still attracts even the national orientated right-wing conservatives.
Those people believe that it is the catholic church and its presumed values that will help to prevent the nations in times of difficulties. This faith has, however, a potential to destroy the nations once for all. As I explained in this article, the catholic church can never accept the existence of nations, as they are natural enemies of its ideology. Those conservatives who claim to preserve the national values on one hand and support the catholic church on the other, should not be trusted, as they do not believe in their own agenda. They do not believe that nationalism itself could save their countries and they search for a stronger ally. The catholic church, however, is not an ally. Every cardinal, bishop and even ordinary priest have divided loyalty. Can you be sure that members of the catholic church will stand behind their nation if the pope commands otherwise?
Every member of the catholic church is a potential threat, because the pope, as a leader of the catholic church and a leader of a foreign state might have very different opinion on what is right for him and the catholic church than the national leaders.
Now it is time to finally decide, whether we want leaders truly believing in their nations, or leaders, who need to rely on an unpredictable and dangerous ally, which is the catholic church and its agents.
The catholic church is a unique organization matched by no other in this world. It offers almost two millennia long history, traditionalism, conservatism and most importantly, power over people, all packed up and covered by the facade of a peaceful organization aiming to help the poor and disadvantaged people in the world. Such organization attracts certain people. People who either want to help these poor souls, but who are unable to do it on their own and who need a guidance of someone else, and power hungry people who join the church in order to get the power they seek. Many of these people are also degenerates, who seek vulnerable prey for their lust.
The church has use for both types. Those who desire to help the poor people around the world are given the chance without knowing, that they serve as a PR product covering the real reason for the existence of the catholic church. The reason for its existence is to conquer and control as many people as possible, who would secure the comfortable lives of the church members and disappearance of its opponents. The regime the catholic church would like to impose does not differ from other totalitarian regimes be it nazism or communism. Total control, complete obedience and destruction of its enemies, these are the main elements of the church ideology.
When I say church ideology, I do not mean Christianity. Christianity as a faith is totally fine. The catholic church, however, distorted the original idea of the Christianity and added the political element into the faith, creating a product that I consider an ideology.
It is not an accident that both of the most evil ideologies of the 20th century, communism and nazism, tried to minimize the influence of the catholic church and its teachings on people. The clash with communism was inevitable as both, the communist ideology and the catholic ideology, share the same traits. The first one being equality. According to the catholic church, all people are equal in the eyes of god. The communism also considers equality as one of its elements, even though it is meant literally. The second shared trait is universalism. Communism, in theory, does not differentiate between nations, races or genders. What matters is, whether the certain person believes in the right ideas. The same goes for the church and its ideology. The mere existence of a nation is a common enemy of both, the catholic church and the communists, because people caring about the national interests will not fight against their own nationals just because they do not share the same religious or political beliefs. The hatred between communism and the catholic church is a consequence of a fact that both of these ideologies are very similar in their core and they aim to the same audience – poor, struggling people hoping for a better future.
Explaining the stance of the catholic church towards the national question also explains why the nazis and the catholic church did not go well with each other, even though they did share some common elements. Nazism had two stages during its existence – first the left wing one during the 1920s which was effectively put to an end during the night of the long knives and the second phase from 1934 onwards, which was more conservative and right wing based. Yet both of these phases contained the national element which was one of the most important parts of the nazi ideology and, as such, the catholic church could never completely accept the nazi ideology, even though they were sometimes on the same side with the nazis. The great example is antisemitism, the catholic church's invention, taken to the extreme by the nazis.
Nazism and the catholic church ideology, however, share one similar element, conservatism. It is without a doubt, that the catholic church, being probably the oldest still existing organisation, serves as a role model for all conservatives around the world. The strength of the catholic church today is its connection with these kinds of people. The catholic church lost the fight with the left, but managed to attract the conservatives. And what is more dangerous, the catholic church still attracts even the national orientated right-wing conservatives.
Those people believe that it is the catholic church and its presumed values that will help to prevent the nations in times of difficulties. This faith has, however, a potential to destroy the nations once for all. As I explained in this article, the catholic church can never accept the existence of nations, as they are natural enemies of its ideology. Those conservatives who claim to preserve the national values on one hand and support the catholic church on the other, should not be trusted, as they do not believe in their own agenda. They do not believe that nationalism itself could save their countries and they search for a stronger ally. The catholic church, however, is not an ally. Every cardinal, bishop and even ordinary priest have divided loyalty. Can you be sure that members of the catholic church will stand behind their nation if the pope commands otherwise?
Every member of the catholic church is a potential threat, because the pope, as a leader of the catholic church and a leader of a foreign state might have very different opinion on what is right for him and the catholic church than the national leaders.
Now it is time to finally decide, whether we want leaders truly believing in their nations, or leaders, who need to rely on an unpredictable and dangerous ally, which is the catholic church and its agents.
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