Carl Schmitt e a forma política da Igreja

It was by means of two works published at the beginning of the past century – “ Political Theology I ” (published in 1922) and “ Roman Catholicism and Political Form ” (I edition in 1923 and II edition in 1925 with minor alterations) – that Carl Schmitt traced the historical presence of Catholicism and approached the process of institutionalization effected both within and by the Catholic Church. The subject stands out for its central focus on questions that touched the universe of theology and that revealed the highly theological- political strand of this line of thought. In light of these works, the aim of the present article is to discuss the general features of Schmitt’s thoughts on the Church’s own order, its visible form, its singular rationality and also its dual role in the configuration of the State, in terms of that which served (and continues to serve) as a paradigm for State order