Roman Catholicism in today's Russia: the troubled heritage.

From: Journal of Church and State | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Schlafly, Daniel L., Jr. | Copyright information

The Catholic church has a strong missionary tradition, and the Russian Orthodox Church has felt the need to defend its people, land, and faith against what it regarded, with considerable justification, as a Roman Catholic assault. Seeing behind these various Western enemies a Latin Christianity bent on conquest was a natural reaction. Meanwhile the Russian Orthodox Church became more closely identified with the tsars and felt obliged to protect the nation from foreign faiths. During the Sovie...

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