Nuncjatura Apostolska bez nuncjusza w Czechosłowacji okresu międzywojennego
Apostolic Nunciature without a nuncio in Czechoslovakia of the interwar period
Author(s): Marek ŠmídContributor(s): Marek Šmíd (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Catholic Church;Apostolic nuncio;Czechoslovakia 1918–1938;Vatican;
Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic, when the Apostolic Nunciature in Prague was vacant and represented only by chargé d‘affaires, who were in charge of the Vatican embassy. During the interwar period this happened twice, in 1925–1928 and 1934–1935, in both cases for appeal of the Apostolic Nuncio to Rome. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Nunciature was headed by very able officials who analysed the political-religious situation in the country and informed the high Vatican circles about important events in Czechoslovakia. At the same time, they attended negotiations regarding the future Apostolic Nuncio to Prague. The Czech-Vatican relations were strained and significantly disturbed; in fact, the situation could have easily escalated into an open rupture. It is neverthlees owing to to the activity of the above-mentioned officalis that the Holy See and Czechoslovakia avoided a complete severance of diplomatic relations.
Journal: Historia Slavorum Occidentis
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 168-184
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish