Conflict of Loyalties. Attitudes of the Slovak Episcopate During the Complicated Negotiation of the Modus Vivendi Agreement 1928–1935 Cover Image

Konflikt loajalit. Postoje slovenského episkopátu v procesu složitého provádění modu vivendi 1928–1935
Conflict of Loyalties. Attitudes of the Slovak Episcopate During the Complicated Negotiation of the Modus Vivendi Agreement 1928–1935

Author(s): Eva Hajdinová
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Governance, Political history, Politics and religion, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Modus vivendi; Slovak episcopate; Diocesan boundaries; Relations between Czechoslovakia and the Holy See; Administration of Church estates; Loyalty;

Summary/Abstract: Within the framework of conflicts of loyalties, the author analyses the variable attitudes of the Slovak episcopate between 1928 and 1934 towards the complex negotiations regarding the application of the Modus vivendi agreement. In the unstable post-war social, political and economic climate, the Czechoslovak state imposed a sequester on the Slovak ecclesiastical estates. This progressively caused dissatisfaction, scepticism, and distrust amongst Slovak church dignitaries; leading to severe complaints to the Vatican against the Czechoslovak government by representatives of the Catholic Church in Slovakia, led by the Bishop of Spiš, Msgr. Ján Vojtaššák. The conflict within the state culminated in secret negotiations that took place in December 1932 and June 1934 between the Slovak bishops and the Archbishop of Esztergom Jusztinián Serédi.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-81
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Czech