De Theosophismo : The Vatican’s Response to the Theosophical Society in the Documents of the Holy Office (1915–1919)
Church History December 1, 2025 Francesco Baroni
Abstract On July 16, 1919, the Holy Office issued a decree declaring the teachings of the Theosophical Society incompatible with Catholic doctrine and forbidding the faithful from participating in its activities. Drawing on previously unexamined Vatican archival materials, this article reconstructs the five-year investigation that led to the decree and situates it within a longer institutional...