Original scientific paper
WAS BISHOP VRHOVAC ECCLESIASTICAL RENOVATOR IN THE SPIRIT OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENTO OR JENSENTIST?
Franjo Emanuel HOŠKO
Abstract
Public fi gure of Maximilian Vrhovec, the bishop of Zagreb, for a long time is a subject of interest of Croatian historiography, especially within social and ecclesiastical history. While social historians investigate his political and cultural activities, ecclesiastical researchers examine his role in the Church. Present day investigations of ecclesiastical historians include Vrhovac’s role in the religious life of the bishopric of Zagreb in the period between the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. Their conclusions differ from the assumptions of their predecessors from the mid twentieth century (Tibor Geczy, Franjo Cvetan and Ivo Škreblin). These new investigations look at Vrhovac’s activities taking into account his enthusiasm with the ideas of Josephinism. Therefore, author of this article analyses bishop’s activities maintaining that Vrhovec was keen supporter of Jansenism, which was a branch of Josephinistic ideas and Catholic renovation
Keywords
Vrhovac; Josephinism; synod; Jansenism
Hrčak ID:
9000
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2006.
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