ABSTRACT:This essay explores the early Catholic response to the concept of human rights. It is widely assumed that the Catholic Church opposed human rights talk in the wake of the French Revolution, and only slowly came around to accepting it in the twentieth century. However, a more systematic analysis of Pius VI’s stance toward the French Revolution reveals that he approved of human rights, but had a more Thomistic understanding of them than what was found in the French Declaration. The Vatican’s embrace of human rights in the 1930s should accordingly be seen as a continuity of more long-standing practices.

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法国大革命中的基督教人权

摘要：本文探讨了早期天主教对人权概念的反应。人们普遍认为，天主教会在法国大革命之后反对人权言论，直到 20 世纪才慢慢接受。然而，对庇护六世对法国大革命的立场的更系统分析表明，他赞同人权，但对人权的理解比《法国宣言》中的内容更具托马斯主义。因此，梵蒂冈在 1930 年代对人权的拥护应被视为更长期实践的延续。