Volume 4, 1999
Rafael E. Tarragó
Pages 167-177
Two Catholic Conservatives
The Ideas of Joseph de Maistre and Juan Donoso Cortes
The prophetic voice of Cortes offers the insight that the violent social upheavals in the modern world parody Christianity; however, Christian solidarity is a far cry from socialism. Human solidarity in Catholicism offers more hope than social and liberal reforms. Both writers take into account original sin and defend authority.