Por qué los tratados europeos evitan mencionar el cristianismo?
Neither the proposed European Constituion nor the Lisbon Treaty made any mention of Christianity, nor are there any references to Christianity or Christian Churches in the ordinary documents of the European Union. This essay explores the likely root causes of such omission. Given that the constituti...
| Published in: | Ius canonicum |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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2011
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Ius canonicum
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| RelBib Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law SB Catholic Church law XA Law |
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B Christianity B Constitutional law B Europäische Union B Constitution |
| Summary: | Neither the proposed European Constituion nor the Lisbon Treaty made any mention of Christianity, nor are there any references to Christianity or Christian Churches in the ordinary documents of the European Union. This essay explores the likely root causes of such omission. Given that the constitutions of many European member-states refer to God and/or Christianity (and in some cases even establish an official religion), the European Constitution did not simply transfer the status quo at national level to the international sphere. The root cause the "Christophobia" that marks the current Eurocracy would appear to lie in a rejection of its own cultural irigins: a civilization self-denial. Europe seeks to define its identitiy in terms of abstract universal values such as freedom, human rights, etc. Nevertheless, the reason such liberal-democratic values emerged in the West ist because they are secularized versions of Christian values |
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| ISSN: | 0021-325X |
| Contains: | In: Ius canonicum
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