Liberalism is a Sin
Liberalism is a Sin is a controversial book written by Félix Sardà y Salvany in 1884, which became a rallying point for conservative political movements such as Integrism and Carlism.
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The book
Salvany believed that liberalism is the "burning issue of our century" : it is the "radical and absolute negation of the sovereignty of God". It is all the more dangerous because it became an official legal error, introduced into the government of princes by powerful figures.
Controversies about the book
Under the direction of liberal-leaning Bishop Rev. Jacobo Catala Et Alboso, a rebuttal to Salvany's El liberalismo es pecado was written by the Catholic canon Celestino de Pazos from Vich entitled El proceso del integrismo: refutación de los errores que contiene el opúsculo del Dr. Sardá y Salvany "el liberalismo es pecado". Both works were sent to the Sacred Congregation of the Index and its Secretary, Fr. Jerome Secheri, O.P., issued a statement on January 10, 1887 ruling for Salvany and finding errors in the rebuttal along with uncharitable insinuations about Salvany.[1]
Historian Noel Valis points out that "During the Spanish Civil War, in a propaganda pamphlet, the Republican supporter Langdon-Davies pointed out to English Catholics that the same sentiment (liberalism is a sin) could be found in a popular catechism by Angel Maria de Arcos."[2]
Versions
A translation of Salvany's El liberalismo es pecado into English was created by Condé B. Pallen, entitled What Is Liberalism?.[3] The translation was first published in 1899 and reprinted many times including in 1979 and 1989.[3]
References
- Sardá y Salvany, Felix (1899). What is Liberalism? St. Louis: B. Herder, pp. iii–v.
- Noel Valis (2010). Sacred Realism: Religion and the Imagination in Modern Spanish Narrative. Ann Arbor, MI: Sheridan Books.
- Dr. Don Felix Sarda Y Salvany. "Liberalism is a Sin". Eternal Word Television Network.