Catholicism
Social doctrine of the Catholic Church, combining traditionalist morality and defense of life with concern for social justice, subsidiarity and worker dignity, under the hierarchical authority of the papacy and canon law.
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In one sentence
I want a society of traditional morality and defense of life, with social justice and subsidiarity under the authority of the papacy.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 87% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 15
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Free market
On Free market, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 60
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Thomas Aquinas
A Dominican friar and the foremost systematizer of medieval scholasticism, Thomas Aquinas fused Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology in the Summa Theologica, arguing for natural law as the basis of moral and political order, the authority of the Church and the Christian monarch, and hierarchy as the earthly reflection of divine order.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyIgnatius of LoyolaJesuit priest and founder of the Society of Jesus98%
SociallyFerdinand I of the Two SiciliesKing of Naples and Sicily97%
EconomicallyG. K. ChestertonWriter100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsFrederick Augustus I of SaxonyKing of Saxony96%
ReligionPope Leo XIIIReligious leader96%
ReligionAgostinho de HiponaTheologian and bishop94%
PhilosophySocratesPhilosopher92%
Intellectual lifeDante AlighieriPoet and political philosopher92%
PoliticsEngelbert DollfussDictator91%
PoliticsPedro II of BrazilEmperor91%
PoliticsLudwig II of BavariaKing of Bavaria91%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Vatican City
Clerical theocratic monarchyA city-state governed by the Holy See, the Vatican combines religious sovereignty, an absolute elective monarchy, and clerical administration, functioning as the institutional center of the Catholic Church and a global diplomatic actor.
Other close countries
Tanzania
Post-socialist dominant partyA presidential republic under a dominant party, Tanzania has been governed by the CCM since independence, heir to Nyerere's ujamaa socialism, with a union of mainland and Zanzibar, gradual economic opening and growing repression of the opposition.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyHungaryNational-illiberal republic94%
SociallyCameroonBilingual presidential autocracy94%
EconomicallyMichigan (United States)Union Democratic region99%
The most distant
Kingdom of Naples
1282–1816Bourbon realm of southern Italy with an agrarian base, popular Catholic piety, counter-revolutionary resistance, and royal centralism prior to unification.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyGrand Duchy of Tuscany1569–185994%
SociallyCrown of Aragon1137–171696%
EconomicallyAncient Egyptc. 3100–30 BCE99%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Right
Moderating Monarchism
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
- Right
Christian Conservatism
Current that grounds politics in Christian morality and tradition, defending family, life, and religious values within democracy, with emphasis on preserving the people's customs and cultural heritage.
Closest in other spectrums
- Far-Right
Aristocratism
Doctrine of rule by the best, which entrusts power to a minority qualified by virtue, education or birth, rejecting political equality and majority rule, which it sees as a risk to competence.
- Third Position
Peronist Nationalism
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- Center
Socratism
Socrates' dialectical method, examining beliefs through rational questioning and the pursuit of virtue, distrustful of mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, yet respectful of the city's rule of law.
The most distant ideology
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