Open AccessActivity of the Communist Government Appointed in the Greek-Catholic Episcopal Office in Prešov
Author(s) -
Peter Borza
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
theologos/e-theologos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1338-1350
pISSN - 1335-5570
DOI - 10.2478/v10154-011-0009-y
Subject(s) - communism , government (linguistics) , bishops , law , democracy , jurisdiction , political science , public administration , sociology , politics , philosophy , linguistics
Activity of the Communist Government Appointed in the Greek-Catholic Episcopal Office in Prešov The paper deals with the activities of the government appointee in the Greek Catholic Episcopal office in Presov before the violent destruction of the Greek Catholic Church in 1950. The government appointee was used by the communists in the Episcopal office to limit the freedom of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Slovakia. This was an unprecedented intrusion into the jurisdiction of bishops, which contravened the church, but also democratic principles. Government appointees were part of the planned fight against the Church, which was at that time, the last real force, capable of contradicting the emerging totalitarian regime.