CATHOLICS IN RUSSIA FACING THE NEW AUTHORITIES: 1917–1921
CATHOLICS IN RUSSIA FACING THE NEW AUTHORITIES: 1917–1921
Author(s): Evgenia TokarevaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Evaluation research, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: the Roman Catholic Church; Russia; Soviet religious legislation; repressions; the Soviet-Vatican relations;
Summary/Abstract: In late 1917 - early 1921 the situation of Catholics in Russia changed radically. As a result of the new Soviet legislation in the field of the Church-State relations, the Catholic Church was deprived of its status of legal entity, its right to register civil status documents, its property, many of its buildings, documents, libraries; it was expelled from the field of education, etc. Despite the Decree on separation of the Church and the state, the authorities kept interfering constantly into the Church’s affairs making demands that conflicted with the Canon Law of the Catholic Church and caused constant protests from the clergy and laity alike.
Journal: Religiski-filozofiski raksti
- Issue Year: XXV/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 158-173
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English