Denis Fahey

The Reverend

Denis Fahey

Born(1883-07-03)3 July 1883
Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died21 January 1954(1954-01-21) (aged 70)
OccupationPriest, philosopher, theologian
GenreScholasticism, Social Catholicism
SubjectChrist the King, monetary reform, counterrevolution
Notable worksThe Rulers of Russia, Money Manipulation and Social Order

Denis Fahey, C.S.Sp. (3 July 1883 – 21 January 1954) was an Irish Catholic priest. Fahey promoted the Catholic social teaching of Christ the King, and was involved in Irish politics through his organisation Maria Duce. Fahey believed that "the world must conform to Our Divine Lord, not He to it", defending the theological concept of the Mystical Body of Christ. This often saw Fahey in conflict with systems which he viewed as promoting "naturalism" against Catholic order – particularly communism, freemasonry and rabbinic Judaism.[1] His writings were deeply anti-Semitic, Fahey stating that "we must combat Jewish efforts to permeate the world with naturalism. In that sense, as there is only one divine plan for order in the world, every sane thinker must be an anti-Semite".[2][3]

  1. ^ Delaney, Enda (2001). "Political Catholicism in Post-War Ireland: The Revd Denis Fahey and Maria Duce, 1945–54". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 52 (3). Cambridge University Press: 487. doi:10.1017/S0022046901004213. hdl:20.500.11820/5af20ef5-8a22-4887-b742-6ec782271714. S2CID 154838037. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009. Retrieved on 9 August 2009.
  2. ^ 12 ANTI-SEMITIC RADICAL TRADITIONALIST CATHOLIC GROUPS Archived 12 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Southern Poverty Law Center.
  3. ^ Fahey, Rev. Denis. "The Kingship of Christ and The Conversion of the Jewish Nation - Chapter IV". traditionalcatholic.net. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2020.