Religious & Irreligious Freedom in Catholic Magisterial Teaching

In the Second Vatican Council’s Dignitatis Humanae, the Catholic Church declares that all persons have a right to religious freedom. One question left unaddressed by this declaration, as well as by subsequent theological debate, is whether this notion of religious freedom extends to atheists. In the...

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Main Author: Gardner, Patrick X. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Church & State
B Catholic Church
B Religious Freedom
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