Review article
Some Views on the Relationships between the Catholic Church and the State during the Rule of Viceroy Ivan Mažuranić and Today
Vanja-Ivan Savić
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Mažuranić
; Student at the Faculty of Law, Univeristy of Zagreb
Abstract
In this article the authors analyze relationships between the Catholic Church and the State in two historical periods: during the rule of Croatian viceroy Ivan Mažuranić and the modern time which, for the purposes of this article, started in the mid-nineties of the twentieth century, after the conclusion of the agreements between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia. Viceroy Mažuranić was a modernist who deeply believed in the public school system which should be in the hands of the State. At the same time he never advocated secularization of the school system in which the school would lose its religious components. He was aware of the importance of religious education and realized that the Catholic religion is an integral part of the Croatian national identity, culture and everyday life. By observing the agreements concluded between the Holy See and the Catholic Church and also the Agreement made between the Croatian Bishops' Conference and the Croatian Government, the authors agree that Mažuranić would be satisfied with the solutions which exist today.
Keywords
Viceroy Mažuranić; relations between the Church and the State; Separation of the Church and the State, public education; the Holy See
Hrčak ID:
152397
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Publication date:
15.6.2015.
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