The relations in the Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Presov before the onset of P. P. Gojdič to the office of apostolic administrator in 1927 Cover Image

Pomery v Prešovskej eparchii gréckokatolíckej cirkvi pred nástupom Pavla Petra Gojdiča do úradu apoštolského administrátora v roku 1927
The relations in the Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Presov before the onset of P. P. Gojdič to the office of apostolic administrator in 1927

Author(s): Marián Lukáč
Subject(s): History
Published by: Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Greek Catholic Church; First Czechoslovak Republic; Ruthenians; National awakening; Relationship between the State and the Church

Summary/Abstract: After World War 1, Greek Catholic Church had been brought from the previous era to the new constitutional circumstances reputation of the subject willing to cooperate with former governmental authorities on magyarization of its believers. Church had thus necessarily to undergo the process of adaptation to the new conditions of democratic and nationally Slavic oriented first Czechoslovak Republic. One manifestation of this was the modification of its management structures. Present study discusses about competing factions within the leadership of ecclesial province struggling for the post of new apostolic administrator, which were differentiated based on national and cultural preferences and attitudes to then actual state power.

  • Issue Year: 15/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 39-49
  • Page Count: 11