Julio Meinvielle
Julio Meinvielle | |
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Born | Julio Meinvielle 31 August 1905 |
Died | 2 August 1973 | (aged 67)
Education | Doctor of Philosophy and Theology |
Occupation | Priest |
Known for | Writer |
Notable work | From Lammenais to Maritain |
Political party | Tacuara Nationalist Movement |
Opponent | Jacques Maritain |
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Father Julio Meinvielle (31 August 1905 – 2 August 1973) was an
Background
Meinvielle studied for his Doctorate in Philosophy and Theology in Rome and soon afterwards became a prolific writer of religious, historical and economic books within the school of Thomism.[1] He came to see history as a process of decline in Catholic values, as determined by three events that he saw as catastrophic i.e. the work of Martin Luther, the French Revolution and the October Revolution.[2]
Catholic orthodoxy
Meinvielle was a staunch critic of what he perceived as slipping standards in Catholic teaching. On this basis he had a well publicized feud with
He took as the basis for his Catholicism the works of
Antisemitism
He was also critical of
He further contended that
To this end he applauded the rise of fascism, for which he saw a Christian mission.[10] He was particularly enamoured of the falangism variant as he was a believer in the virtues of Hispanidad and Spain playing a leading role in the fortunes of Latin America.[7] Meinvielle did however feel that the cult of personality surrounding both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler was contrary to Catholicism and the primacy of Christ and so argued that any Argentine version of fascism would have to be avowedly religious and anti-secular.[11] His 1936 book El Judio distilled these fascist views and gave his thinking an Argentine dimension as he argued Buenos Aires was the archetype of 'Babylon', dominated as he felt it was by international Jewish financial interests.[12]
Politically he was associated with a coterie of young Catholic intellectuals, including Máximo Etchecopar, Ignacio Anzoategui and Matías Sánchez Sorondo, who produced the 1937 document Programma Nacionalista.[7] He subsequently joined the Nueva Politica group when Sánchez Sorondo established it in 1941.[7]
Later years
Meinville taught philosophy at Catholic institutions for much of his life and he would also serve as the chaplain at Santa Casa de Ejercicios.[7] He continued to write widely and from the late 1940s to the 1960s he published three journals, Balcon, Dialogo and Presencia, in which he expressed his religious and political views.[7]
Meinville initially supported Edelmiro Julián Farrell and his successor Juan Perón, but began to have doubts about Peronism, feeling that socio-economic concerns had become too prominent at the expense of the initial hard-line nationalism that attracted him.[7] He was particularly critical of Perón's attempts to woo the trade union movement to his side[7] and subsequently denounced Peron as a demagogue.[13]
In 1952 Meinvielle became a leading figure in the Union Fédérale, a post-Perón party of the right.
In July 1973, Meinvielle was hit by a truck while crossing the road. The driver of the vehicle was the driver of the then mayor of Buenos Aires, the Peronist Leopoldo Frenkel. He was hospitalized for a month at the San Camilo Clinic with multiple fractures and died on 2 August 1973. His funeral mass was celebrated by Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu, and he was eulogized by his disciple, Carlos Alberto Sacheri, who called him "an exceptional figure." At his funeral procession, one handle of his coffin was carried by Carlos Mugica, and the other by Alberto Ezcurra Medrano.[16]
Influence
Meinvielle's influence was strong throughout the
He was also influential on the Argentine scouting movement as he was founder of the Union Scouts Católicos Argentinos.[14]
References
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, p. 49
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, pp. 49–50
- ^ Carlos Alberto Torres, The Church, society, and hegemony, p. 183
- ^ David Lehmann, Democracy And Development, 1992, p. 105
- ^ William T. Cavanaugh, Torture and Eucharist, 1998, p. 155
- ^ Darrell Jodock, Catholicism contending with modernity, 2000, p. 331
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 261
- ^ a b Sandra McGee Deutsch, Las Derechas, 1999, p. 225
- ^ F. Finchelstein, The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War: Fascism, Populism, and Dictatorship in Twentieth Century Argentina, Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 111
- ^ a b c d Sandra McGee Deutsch, Las Derechas, 1999, p. 226
- ^ Finchelstein, The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War, pp. 38–40
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, p. 51
- ^ Finchelstein, The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War, p. 94
- ^ a b Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 262
- ^ Finchelstein, The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War, pp. 110–111
- ^ «Algunas obras del padre Julio Meinvielle (1905-1973)», artículo en el sitio web Junto a Fe (Viva la Falange Española).
- ^ Sandra McGee Deutsch, Las Derechas, 1999, p. 325
- ^ Finchelstein, The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War, p. 114
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, p. 57
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, p. 94
- ^ Graciela Ben-Dror, The Catholic Church and the Jews, 2009, p. 58
- ^ Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 118