Original scientific paper
The Attitude of Đakovo (Bosnian) and Srijem Bishopric towards the Law on Agricultural Reform and Colonization from 1945
Slađana Josipović
; Faculty of Philosophy, J. J. Strossmayer University Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The work presented the attitude of Dakovo (Bosnian) and Srijem Bishopric that is Bishop Antun Akšamović towards the Law on Agricultural Reform and Colonization. In the introductory part of the work there was presented the sequence of bringing the Law in the national level, and than also for the region of Federal Croatia, and its major directives. The reaction of Catholic Church to the aforementioned Law was extremely negative, since the Law was especially hard on Church assets and it was leading to making the Catholic Church poorer and to weakening their influence in the society. In spite of bad relationship between the Catholic Church and the State, Bishop Akšamović managed to provide for the Dakovo Bishopric a privileged status during the implementation of the agricultural reform. That was primarily because of the fact that he was one of rare bishops who were in good relationships with the communist regime and the friend of the chairman of the Committee for Religious Issues - Svetozar Rittig.
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79617
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Publication date:
9.10.2008.
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