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Social Activities of Priests. Initiatives by Dr. Vilko Anderlić (1882 - 1957)
Stjepan Baloban
; KKatolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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According to some resources that mostly haven't been thouroughly studied yet, the article elaborates on Dr. Vilko Anderlić's interests and initiatives related to social activities of priests in Croatia in the first half of the 20th century. This topic is also important because social activities of priests in this period haven't been explored yet. In the first section the author briefly explains the significance Anderlić attributed to the solution of social issues in his book " Sociology " ( 1 9 1 2), which was the first in Croatian theological literature to deal with the issue. The second and the core point of this article titled "The priest's duty is to act" deals with the issue of priests' social activities. There are two different directions of priests' social activities according to Anderlić: the first in the church during the encounter with the faithful, whereas the second is manifested in priests' activities related to cultural and material issues. According to Anderlić a priest's social activities are a consistent part of his everyday life and his pastoral work; a priest should take an active part "ad intra" and especially "ad extra". The third section of the article examines the impact of Anderlić's social discourse on our time, especially at the pastoral-practical level. In the conclusion the author claims that the Church in Croatia has need of change of the existing mentality according to which the Church
and its priests should only take care of the spiritual, while their social activities are limited to Christian charity. Having this in mind we can say that Anderlić as a parish priest and as an intellectual can serve as an example and a driving force to modern priests.
Ključne riječi
Sociology; social issue; social dimension of Christianity; social activities of priests; social discourse
Hrčak ID:
40208
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Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2004.
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