Original scientific paper

Koprivnica’s Parish Priest Stjepan Zagorac and Reformation Movement of the Lower Roman Catholic Clergy in Croatia (Year 1920)

Zlatko Matijević ; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Based on the contemporary ecclesiastic and political publications, the author reconstructed the “Koprivnica phase” of the reformation movement in lower Catholic clergy in Croatia. The failure to convert Roman Catholic (Latin) into “Croatian Catholic parish”, independent of partial support by educated, secular classes of Koprivnica, led to weakening of the reformation movement and gradual dropping out of its most devoted members from Catholic church. Koprivnica’s parish priest Stjepan Zagorac had one of the most distinguished roles in this movement.

Keywords

Stjepan Zagorac; Koprivnica

Hrčak ID:

78616

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/78616

Publication date:

1.6.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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