Ecclesiology, Idealism, and World Polity: The Concordats of the Apostolic See (Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy)

This book provides the only comprehensive analysis of concordats, the international treaties of the Apostolic See in Rome. Identifying the 167 treaties between the papacy and civil commonwealths from 1865 to 2022 at the intersection of canon, comparative, and international law, Royce indicates an overall relationship between the dominance or inferiority of Roman Catholic canon law within the contracting party and the respective ecclesiological or ideational norms of its concordat. Successive case chapters analyzing the concordats with fascist Europe, the German Länder, Latin American countries, France and Austria, the states of the Second Vatican Council, and Third World states illustrate that the norms of concordats with polities of long-standing, entrenched, continuous, or otherwise dominant Roman Catholic canon law concern the Church as an institution, whereas those with polities of new, precarious, inconstant, or otherwise inferior canon law status concern the Church as anadherent to values. This contractual law of the Apostolic See most closely aligns with the tenets of the English School of international theory. As a result, this book posits significant theoretical, legal, and empirical advances in existing knowledge of the international relations and law of the Catholic Church. Contents List of Figures List of Tables 1 A Peculiar Treaty Form The Imputation of Concordatorial Authoritarianism An Original Analysis Notes 2 At the Intersection of Canon, Comparative, and International Law A Peculiarity of Canon Law A Rarity in Comparative Law A Development Within International Law Notes 3 Research Presentation Ad Fontes The Concordats of the Apostolic See Case Cluster I: Concordatorial Fascism, 1906–19535 The Theory of Concordatorial Fascism6 The Concordats with the Dictators Mit Brennender Sorge Case Cluster II: The German Reich, 1925–201935 The German Sonderweg Diplomatic Ecclesiology The Dilemma of Worms Case Cluster III: Latin American Counter-Revolution, 1887–199459 Spanish Catholic Neo-Conservatism Concordatorial Counter-Revolution The Theology of Liberation Case Cluster IV: European Secularism, 1801–202073 Positivist Theory The Concordats with Secular Europe The Qualification of Positivist Theory Case Cluster V: The Second Vatican Reformation, 1968–201688 Christian Democratic Norms The Concordats of the Council Profession of International Order Case Cluster VI: The Benediction of the Third World, 1993–2015103 Soul Force Concordatorial Agape Pontifical Humanitarianism An English Realist Synthesis Notes 4 Concordatorial Fascism, 1906–53 (Im)pious Contracting Parties Ecclesiological Treaty Norms Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth: The “Pius Wars” Notes 5 The German Reich, 1925–2019 Politik and Recht The Concordats of Worms The Question of International Validity Notes 6 Latin American Counter-Revolution, 1887–1994 Neocolonialism Concordatorial Counter-Revolution A Theology of Liberation Notes 7 European Secularism, 1801–2020 Pure Theory of Law Positivist Concordats “Identitarian” Reaction Notes 8 The Second Vatican Reformation, 1968–2019 Pontifical Idealism The Conciliar Concordats The Standardization of Catholic Norms Notes 9 The Benediction of the Third World, 1993–2016 Pontifical Constructivism Constructivist Concordats Interfaith Idealism Notes 10 A Distinguished Treaty Form Appendix: The Secret Concordat with China The Clandestine Church Wormsian Shadow Boxing A Return to Secrecy? Index