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Abstract
The article examines the role of the Catholic Church in the formation of the
Colombia Nation State in three distinct periods during the 19th-century.
In the first period (1810-1853) the members of the Church have an active
participation in the processes of independence (1810 and 1824). Given the
decisive role of the Church in the formation of new mentalities since the
colonial times and in the also in the formation of parties, between 1824 and
1853 the nascent State subjugated the Church to the Republican patronage.
A second period, with difficult processes of secularization during the Liberal
governments, departed from the separation of the Church and State in 1853
and culminated in 1885. Finally, a third period shows the recovery of the
dominant role of the Catholic Church in the Colombian society under the
conservative regeneration, between 1886 and 1902. The Colombia process
ran against the processes of secularization that happened in the other Latin
America countries.
Palabras-clave
Iglesia católica, Estado, Nación, Colombia, América Latina, siglo XIX
Keywords
Catholic Church, State, Nation, Colombia, Latin America, 19th century