Original scientific paper
Religious life and relations between catholics and the othodox diocese in the region of Skradin bishopry in XVIII century
Vicko Kapitanović
Abstract
The article opens new vistas by examining a number of detailsrelated to social history of religion in the former diocese of Skradin, the details which which actually composed its socio-religious life. In a relatively small diocese with a small congregations and few priests, the people waslargely poor. The income of the clergy, consisted of alms, and revenues in kind which were not easily converted into cash. The clergy without doubt were better off economically than most of the population among which they worked. Their conditions, however, werequite modest, some even on the verge of true poverty.. As is
understandable, the clergy were mostly engaged in religious activities. Archival data reveall frequent quarrels between the head of the byshopry and the clergy of the diocese of the Byzantine (the sources use the term Greek) rite. In addition to church activities the clergy greatly contributed to improving morality among the population, the preservation of unity, religious instruction, and through it the general culture.
Keywords
Skradin dioceses; religious life; bishops; priests; Catholics; Orthodox; rite; virtues; vices
Hrčak ID:
118057
URI
Publication date:
8.5.2012.
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