This dissertation examines the Catholic Church’s response to the mid-nineteenth century Mexican liberal Reforma through a study of the life and work of Bishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía (1810-1868), one of the most influential yet least-known ecclesiastical intellectuals of the period. A lawyer by profession, Clemente Munguía was first professor and then rector of the Morelia diocesan seminary, where he undertook a major reform of the school’s curriculum and also composed several textbooks on a variety of subjects, including grammar, literature, rhetoric, philosophy, theology, and law. Appointed Bishop of Michoacán in October 1850, Munguía distinguished himself for his staunch opposition to the state’s encroachment on the Church, as well as for his insistence on the need for religious intolerance in what he imagined as an “exclusively Catholic” nation. His protests against the 1857 Constitution and the liberal legislation enacted by President Ignacio Comonfort were a key factor in the outbreak of the Civil War of the Reform (1858-1860) and the subsequent French intervention (1862-1867), which resulted in the separation of Church and state and the collapse of Mexican conservatism. Unlike previous studies, this dissertation argues that Bishop Munguía’s opposition to the Reforma derived not from a blind “reactionary” intransigence, but instead from his desire to emancipate the Church from the subordinate status it had under the colonial ancien régime. Far from the stereotype of a backward and parochial intellectual, Munguía was a sophisticated scholar who sought to reconcile Catholicism with the larger currents of thought of the Atlantic Republic of letters. Indeed, he believed that the liberal revolution should be countered “with its own weapons,” a conviction which first led him to frame the defense of ecclesiastical prerogatives in the language of modern natural law, and then to claim for the Church the very power of constitutional interpretation. Although Munguía’s ideal of a “Catholic republic” became unfeasible after the liberals’ final victory in 1867, his efforts at consolidating ecclesiastical independence paved the way for both the Romanization and the social activism that characterized the Mexican Church during the latter half of the nineteenth century. / text

Esta dissertação analisa o pensamento de Luís António Verney (1713-Lisboa 1792- Roma) nos primeiros anos em que viveu na Itália (1736-1750). Em primeiro lugar, procura-se expor os diferentes sentidos conferidos pela historiografia à sua obra (em especial ao Verdadeiro método de estudar, de 1746), desde o século XVIII até o presente. Notadamente, discutem-se o papel atribuído às suas ideias nas discussões sobre a decadência de Portugal e como foram associadas ao Iluminismo católico e às reformas pombalinas, efetuadas no reinado de D. José I (1750-1777). Em um segundo momento, parte-se para a reconstrução do ambiente intelectual e político no qual Verney escreveu a obra mencionada. Nela, defendeu acentuadamente a conciliação entre Teologia e Filosofia moderna. Por fim, examina-se a sua concepção de História, particularmente sua proposta de utilização do método crítico como instrumento de defesa da religião católica. / This dissertation analyzes the thought of Luís António Verney (1713-Lisbon - 1792- Rome) during the first years of the time he lived in Italy (1736-1750). First, it presents the different meanings conferred by the historiography to his work (especially to Real way method of studying, from 1746), from the 18th century to the present. It gives special emphasis to the role attributed to his ideas in the discussions of Portugals decadence, and how they were associated with the Catholic Enlightenment and the Pombal reforms, made during the reign of Dom José I (1750-1777). Next, it reconstructs the intellectual and political environment in which Verney wrote the aforementioned work. In it, he strongly defended reconcilement between Theology and modern Philosophy. Finally, his conception of History is examined, particularly his proposal for using the critical method as an instrument of the Catholic religion.

Esta dissertação analisa o pensamento de Luís António Verney (1713-Lisboa 1792- Roma) nos primeiros anos em que viveu na Itália (1736-1750). Em primeiro lugar, procura-se expor os diferentes sentidos conferidos pela historiografia à sua obra (em especial ao Verdadeiro método de estudar, de 1746), desde o século XVIII até o presente. Notadamente, discutem-se o papel atribuído às suas ideias nas discussões sobre a decadência de Portugal e como foram associadas ao Iluminismo católico e às reformas pombalinas, efetuadas no reinado de D. José I (1750-1777). Em um segundo momento, parte-se para a reconstrução do ambiente intelectual e político no qual Verney escreveu a obra mencionada. Nela, defendeu acentuadamente a conciliação entre Teologia e Filosofia moderna. Por fim, examina-se a sua concepção de História, particularmente sua proposta de utilização do método crítico como instrumento de defesa da religião católica. / This dissertation analyzes the thought of Luís António Verney (1713-Lisbon - 1792- Rome) during the first years of the time he lived in Italy (1736-1750). First, it presents the different meanings conferred by the historiography to his work (especially to Real way method of studying, from 1746), from the 18th century to the present. It gives special emphasis to the role attributed to his ideas in the discussions of Portugals decadence, and how they were associated with the Catholic Enlightenment and the Pombal reforms, made during the reign of Dom José I (1750-1777). Next, it reconstructs the intellectual and political environment in which Verney wrote the aforementioned work. In it, he strongly defended reconcilement between Theology and modern Philosophy. Finally, his conception of History is examined, particularly his proposal for using the critical method as an instrument of the Catholic religion.

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The diploma thesis deals with pedagogical thinking of Jan Valerián Jirsík in the years 1826-1843. The aim of this work is an introduction of Jan Valerián Jirsík´s opinions and ideas which are contained in his literary works. These opinions and ideas are classified to the context of thinking in Jirsík´s time. The work first describes time which Jirsík lived in, what spiritual environmental was around him and how education looked in the Habsburg monarchy. Then the examples of Jirsík´s pedagogical opinions are listed and commented, the examples were chosen from "Škola nedělní" book and "Časopis pro katolické duchovenstvo" magazine.