Pastierske a apoštolské listy v slovenskom jazyku z 19. storočia (original) (raw)

2021, Pastierske a apoštolské listy v slovenskom jazyku z 19. storočia

This article presents the issue of the pastoral and apostolic letters in the Slovak language from the 19th century. The study is based on 34 documents. The bishops of Hungary wrote pastoral letters primarily in Latin language and for the diocesan clergy. Pastoral letters addressed directly to believers were written in vernacular languages, in present-day Slovakia in Slovak, Hungarian and German languages. In the last decade of the 19th century in Hungary, the spiritual and cultural atmosphere was tense. The bishops joined forces and wrote joint pastoral letters on important social and moral issues. The apostolic letters were published as part of the episcopal pastoral letters, or were issued separately. The themes of the letters present the most important events of the 19th century: the holy or jubilee years (1825, 1850, 1875 and 1900), the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, the First Vatican Council, the millennium of the arrival of the Slavic apostles Saints Cyril and Methodius (1863), the millennium of Hungary (1896). Reactions to anti-church and anti-Catholic movements were a frequent topic: the Carbonari (Freemasons), the secularization of Hungary. The pastoral letters also reflect the complicated development of the Slovak language.

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