Founding the Bogoslovska smotra and the Antimodernist Oath

Abstract

Autor u doprinosu propituje mogući odnos između ideje o utemeljenju znanstveno-teološkog časopisa Bogoslovska smotra, s jedne strane, i takozvane modernističke kontroverzije, s druge strane. Naime, neupitna je povijesna činjenica da je Bogoslovska smotra započela s izlaženjem iste, dotično 1910. godine u kojoj je papa sv. Pio X., 1. rujna, objavio Motu proprio Sacrorum antistitum, koji je poznatiji kao Prisega protiv modernizma ili Antimodernistička prisega. Na pozadini te povijesne činjenice autor u doprinosu najprije, a na temelju istraživanja dokumenata i natpisa u novinama Katolički list, pokušava otkriti razloge mukotrpnoga osnivanja novoga znanstveno-teološkog časopisa na KBF-u Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Na to se onda nadovezuje istraživanje natpisa i članaka u prvih nekoliko godišta Bogoslovske smotre, osobito izjava Uredništva, ne bi li se makar intuicijom došlo do pravih - nutarnjih - razloga najprije za odlaganje izdavanja Bogoslovske smotre na KBF-u, a zatim za objavljivanje prvih dvaju godišta kao dodatka novinama Katolički list. Da bi sadržaj izlaganja u doprinosu dobio na sustavnosti i uvjerljivosti, autor ga je podijelio u četiri dijela. U prvome dijelu ukratko se daje nacrt modernističke kontroverzije. U drugome dijelu autor traži moguće poveznice između modernističkoga ozračja i ideje o osnivanju Bogoslovske smotre i to poglavito na temelju natpisa u Katoličkome listu. U trećem dijelu se traže moguće poveznice između antimodernizma i Bogoslovske smotre i to poglavito na temelju analize objavljenih tekstova. U posljednjem, četvrtom, dijelu autor predstavlja prave razloge osnivanja Bogoslovske smotre, koji, tako barem proizlazi, nisu bili opterećeni modernističkim tendencijama unutar katoličke teologije u Hrvatskoj, ali smatra da nedvosmisleno antimodernističko pisanje u Katoličkome listu i Bogoslovskoj smotri u određenoj mjeri želi odagnati svaku sumnju u bilo kakvo koketiranje njezinih utemeljitelja s modernizmom. To ističemo stoga što je sumnjičenje za modernizam predstavljalo opću pojavu u katoličkim krugovima onoga vremena.The author of this article questions the possible relation between the ideal to launch the scientific-theological periodical Bogoslovska smotra on the one hand and the so-called controversy of anti-modernist on the other. It is an unquestionable historical fact that the Bogoslovska smotra was launched the same year (1910) that Pope Pius X released the Motu proporio Sacrorum antistitum on September 1st, which is better known as the Oath against modernism or the Antimodernist oath. With the background of this historical fact, based primarily on document research and later on headlines in the Katolicčki list newspaper, in the article the author endeavours to disclose the reasons for the difficulties to launch a new scientific-theological periodical by the University of Zagreb, Catholic Faculty of Theology (KBF). This then leads to research of headlines and articles during the first few years of the Bogoslovska smotra being published, particularly editorials, in an effort perhaps intuitively to arrive at the real - internal - reasons to firstly delay editions of the Bogoslovska smotra at the KBF and then later to allow its publishing but as a supplement to the Katolički list for the first two years. In order to offer the article a sense of systemisation and credibility the article is divided into four parts. The first part briefly presents a draft of the modernist controversy. In part two, the author seeks for possible ties between the modernist circumstances and the idea to launch the Bogoslovska smotra. He does this primarily based on headlines in the Katolički list. In part three, the author looks for possible connections between anti-modernism and the Bogoslovska smotra primarily based on analysis of articles released. In the final-part four - the author brings out the real reasons to launch the Bogoslovska smotra which, at least it seems that way, were not burdened with modernist tendencies within Catholic theology in Croatia. The author however considers that ambiguous anti-modernist articles in the Katolički list and Bogoslovska smotra to a certain measure wish to remove any doubt from its founders of them entertaining any ideas of modernism. We emphasise this because suspicion of modernism was a general notion in Catholic circles of the times

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