Církevní tresty uložené Josefu Plojharovi, katolickému knězi, prokomunistickému politikovi
The Church Penalties Imposed on Josef Plojhar, the Catholic Priest and Pro-Communist Politician

Summary/Abstract: In 2022, we marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of Josef Plojhar, a sadly renowned Catholic priest and fervent supporter of the communist regime. This study looks into a hitherto neglected aspect of the life and work of Josef Plojhar, namely the church penalties that were imposed on him. First of all, the study gives a brief summary of Plojhar’s life and work, which is followed by a church-law analysis of the canonical penalties that applied to Plojhar according to the then applicable 1917 Code of Canon Law. The analysis also looks at the application of excommunication decrees that concerned, on the one hand, collaboration with the communist regime in its attempt to create the pro-regime Catholic Action and, on the other hand, the decree on the incompatibility of membership of the communist party and the sharing of its ideology with belonging to the Catholic Church.

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