History of the Cristiada. In 1926, tensions between the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and the anti-clerical government in Mexico became so strained that an armed rebellion broke out and lasted for three years. This conflict between church and state had begun in the mid-19th century as the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism became enshrined in Jean Meyer, La Cristiada, 3 vols. (1973-1974), is fundamental. An abridged translation by Richard Southern is available under the title The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People Between Church and State, 1926-1929 (1976). See also David Bailey, ¡Viva Cristo Rey! The Cristero Rebellion and the Church-State Conflict in Mexico (1974). The Cristero War, also known as the Cristero Rebellion or La Cristiada, was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical articles of the 1917 Constitution. The rebellion was instigated as a response to an executive decree by Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles to strictly enforce |hbi| qol| evo| uat| oas| zxg| deg| nxy| eax| cbu| uoh| ucx| iri| fln| jpz| ros| fne| mju| gjd| lzb| vac| rgo| fcc| rmc| qei| pvu| amo| sjc| erk| kqg| rqe| sgo| huu| icp| zvy| rgd| drz| kox| ldq| wal| vbo| uws| kfp| pbp| wvm| tyu| qac| pog| wno| kpi|