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Church Fathers in the Letters of J. J. Strossmayer

Drago Tukara ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia

Abstract

In the work, the author includes twenty three Lenten Letters of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer. Each letter makes a separate title in the work and each makes a separate unit. The article discusses three main themes.
The first theme is the person and work of Bishop J. J. Strossmayer. In the year marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop of Đakovo, the desire is, in an indirect way, to become familiar with his thought which he developed over the many years of his service as a bishop.
The second theme is the thought of the Church Fathers in the Lenten Letters which the bishop sent to the clergy and people of his diocese. On the one hand the emphasis is on the importance of the Early Church times, and on the other hand the emphasis is on the importance of the times for the Church in which Bishop Strossnmayer lived and worked. The intention is therefore to revive the Church Fathers and Bishop Strossmayer.
The third theme is to point to the ecclesial and social issues in the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century.

Keywords

Church Fathers; Bishop J. J. Strossmayer; the Church of the East and West; family; Tradition; the Church unity

Hrčak ID:

147887

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/147887

Publication date:

3.11.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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