'Norms' of the Roman Catholic clergy in the imperila policy in the North-Western Province in the second half of the nineteenth–early twentieth century
Autor: | Vilma Žaltauskaitė |
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Jazyk: | litevština |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademijos metraštis [LKMA metraštis]. 2019, t. 42, p. 91-108. Vilma Žaltauskaitė |
ISSN: | 1392-0502 |
Popis: | The article deals with the process of determing the "norms" of the Roman Catholic clergy as part of the imperial policy in respect of the Catholic Church after the uprising of 1863–1864 and analyses the dynamics of this process in the North-Western province in the second half of the nineteenth–the early twentieth century. Between 1866 and 1868, the issue of the clergy "norms", that is, specific numbers of clergymen in dioceses and provinces (gubernias), was addressed by the Inspection Commission for the Affairs of the Roman Catholic Clergy in the North-Western Province, which was established on the initiative of the governor-general of Vilnius. Later the resolution of this issue was taken over by the central authorities. The secular authorities aimed to introduce standard "norms' of the clergy for the whole North-Western province, but by the end of the 1870s it was not yet accomplished. Analysis of the measures undertaken by the central and local authorities for the regulation of the numbers of the clergymen demonstartes that in the 1870s the categorical attitude of the authorities regarding the establishment of the "norms" did not weaken but, on the contrary, aquired broader forms that encompassed more spheres (this issue was addresses jointly with the numbers of vicars, reforms of spiritual seminaries, and with adjusting the num bers of seminary students). As can be seen, the authorities undertook various measures, because they did not consider the reduction of the number of Roman Catholic clergymen their primary aim. This can be explained by the fact that both church and secular authorities were facing a shortage of clergymen. To the secular authorities, such a situation was a challenge to the social and moral order in society. However, even under such circumstances, the position of the authorities towards the diocese of Vilnius was more demanding than tpwards the Samogitian diocese (of Telšiai). In Vilnius diocese the structure of the believers was not homogeneous, the secular authorities did all they could to preserve and consolidate the Orthodox Church, and considered the Roman Catholic clergy as its rivals. The work and proposals of the Inspection Commission between 1866 and 1868 stirred the interest of the central and local authorities in later decades as well. Thus the measures undertaken by the post-uprising authorities were not forgotten even with changing ethnic and confessional policies up until the outbreak of the First World War. |
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