Church and State in Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401538 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen D Kertesz (corresponding author), Stephen Kertesz |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 208-219 |
| Publication date | 1949-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500043151 |
| OpenAlex | W2056373681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The arrest, trial and sentence for life of Joseph Cardnial Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, has profoundly shaken the conscience of the Western world and provoked a wave of protests on a scale unheard of before. The incident occurred at the climax of the tension between West and East. The figure of the Cardinal became the personification of a world-wide struggle between two fundamentally different conceptions of life. His broken resistance—both physical and psychological—symbolizes the fate of the millions oppressed and silenced by a ruthless Communist minority in East Europe. The recntations and self-contradictory confessions in the course of the trial had all the characteristics of the usual travesties of justice in Communistdominated countries. Pope Pius XII rightly stated in his allocution of February 14, 1949, that the behavior of Cardinal Mindszenty “appeared an accusation not against himself but against his very accusers and condemners
Conscience · Economic Justice · Faith · False accusation · Political science · State (computer science · Theology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,01 |
| Citation span | 1950 - 1950 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |