The relationship between the Reich and the Catholic Church have remained a mystery to the public until recently. The Reich Concordat was a consensual agreement in which each side agreed to get what each side wanted. The Reich and the Catholic Church signed the Reich Concordat because the Reich saw the Church as a challenge to overcome, the Vatican wanted to protect Catholic rights, and they both wanted to become a worldwide power.
The Reich had obstacles to overcome to achieve world domination.
According to Reich Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich, the Nazi party viewed the Catholic Church as an obstacle in their goal of world domination. (German History Docs 7) They feared the church's moral values would conflict with that
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On the other end of the spectrum the Catholic Church had their own intentions as well.
The Vatican’s secretary of state named Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli signed the Reich Concordat for several reasons.
“Hitler had convinced the Vatican that the Reich’s intent was no different from the traditional ways of the Catholic Church” (Reich Concordat 1933 1) In a way this was true, however Hitler left off the part about how the Reich and the Church would have to do all business transactions together The Vatican did not think the signing was going to impact the Church and he wanted to protect catholic rights in Europe. (Reich Concordat 1933 1)
To the Vatican the Reich Concordat sounded like an extravagant deal. Keep in mind that he didn’t know about the Reich’s plan to ignore the contract’s obligations. The Church believed that signing the Concordat would result in an increase in popularity of catholicism. The intended popularizing of Catholicism and spreading of the German Reich points to a compelling conclusion.
Both the Reich and the Church wanted to become a worldwide
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Contributing factors in the signing of the Concordat include the sneaky tactics the Reich used such as the rule of the concordat in which one side needed consent to succeed and the convincing speech that Hitler gave. Each party signed the Reich Concordat because they both wanted specific parts of the agreement. The leader of the Catholic Church wanted to end oppression among Catholics, the Reich needed to remove the Church from their enemy list, and both sides wanted to control the world. While many things are still unclear about the Reich Concordat, all historians can say for sure is that it was no coincidence that the Reich had obtained so much
...erman economy was down. This led to migrations to other countries. In his speech, Hitler just wanted to liberate nearly four million Germans, and return to their thousand-year-old Reich. For Hitler to united his Germans he had to remove different national and ethnic groups in Germany. Which clearly broke the treaty.
There is no excuse for the horrible things Nazi Germany did during World War II. But one can get a better idea how that war started by learning about how World War I ended. The Treaty of Versailles was created by the winners of World War I, like France, Great Britain, and the United States, to make peace. So how did it help contribute to an even worse war less than twenty years later? It was mainly because it was too hard on Germany’s territory, military, economy, and national pride.
Nazis and the Party had very similar ideologies. Although Nazis eliminated people because of their religion (Sauer 683) and the Party eliminated people because of their anti-Party feelings (Orwell 187), they both tried to eliminate anyone who did not agree with them. This practice was essential for controlling the masses and holding on to power. Retaining power is much easier for a government when the entire population that government rules agrees with its philosophies. No one would attempt to remove the current government from power if he or she agreed with that government.
However, the Nazis were not voted for in many Catholic and working-class areas of Germany. This did not stop their drive for power - they simply took control of the state governments and persuaded the Reichstag to pass an Enabling Law, which would give Hitler national power for the next four years.
...m what they lacked in the Catholic Church, the knowledge of what made them Christians. Just as the Word of God is a guide to mankind, Luther guided 16th century Germans to the true Christian path with his many revolutionary reforms.
Unlike many other countries during this period, Nazi Germany objected the theory of Communism. As Communism spread throughout Europe, so did the fear of a leftist revolution. For this reason, many people responded by putting their faith in Hitler and his policies. In 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire. Hitler reacted by blaming the event on Communists, in order to gain supporters for him. Additionally, Hitler used propaganda during the “Red Scare” to convince people to join the fascist movement. On November 25, 1935, Hitler signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Italy and Japan, aimed against the Third International and designed to prevent communism from spreading. These actions taken by...
Pius XII tried to protect the Catholic Church from being further persecuted by Hitler and the Nazis. Even though he was expecte...
attempts to do so. It created social change in Europe but did not reform the Church, which was its
...eaknesses to win their loyalty. Finally, the written agreement of Versailles was purported to represent the peaceful ending to warfare I, however, it became the prelude to a different war. it had been originally an attempt to revive order and supply a peaceful conclusion to warfare I. The sick feelings and economic upheaval that resulted provided the proper climate for Hitler's dominance, in post-war FRG. The contributor’s participants of Versailles had alternative motives behind the peace agreement apart from a peace settlement. Their stingy actions resulted in not solely the economic hardship of FRG, however inflation and state altogether of Europe. The severity of the reparations contained during this document set the stage for history to repeat itself. Therefore the terribly method within which the written agreement of Versailles was forced on the German people.
The new socialist government of Weimar (SPD), whose constitution was adopted on July 30, 1919, entered a situation they by no means created. The period during which they were appointed to rule was associated with defeat and misery, and when disorder was nationwide. The situation then, was that of revolution. However, rather than to make a socialist revolution they co-operated with the liberals and with the catholic center party to lead Germany in a reformed version of her old self. In June 1919, they voted to comply with the treaty of Versailles (the vindictive settlement imposed by the Paris peace conference). However, the signing of the Treaty served to promote protest and unrest amongst the soldiers, sailors, German people, and democracy thus resulted in becoming an alien device.
The German people felt that with the Nazis in control they could overcome the problems caused by the Treaty of Versailles. Nazi militarism would restore the armed forces to their greatest capability. Nazi mobilization would create employment and new economic opportunities. Nazi expansionism would claim new territories for the German people to inhabit. Nazi racism would rid German society of those elements that weakened it. Nazi ultra-nationalism would restore a sense of identity and pride in a greater German nation. After great suffering as a result of the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles, a majority of Germans felt at the time that Nazi rule would bring them the most cherished thing of all, hope.
signed at the end of World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that Germany must follow
The Treaty of Versailles is an example of how the neglect of principles proposed by the Catholic Church, namely social restoration, just accords, long-term security and physical reconstruction, can lead to lasting global repercussions and future wars. The sanctions were enforced in the hope of slowing German recovery and eliminating future conflict. However, the United States didn’t sign this treaty because we recognized that it didn’t give the Germans a fair deal or promote long-term security (Treaty).
Calvinism and Lutheranism were both against Catholic churches. Many of their beliefs and practices can be found in a lot of religions
The Catholic church was losing ground physically and in the hearts of the people. While there were still a great many who remained loyal to Catholicism, there were still people like Calvin, King Henry VIII and Luther who felt the need to call the Catholics out on the problems within their faith, and how it was affecting everyone else.