The Catholic Reforms on the Balkans and the Bosnian Franciscans, 16th – 17th Centuries
The Catholic Reforms on the Balkans and the Bosnian Franciscans, 16th – 17th Centuries

Summary/Abstract: The post-Tridentine period was a time of reorganization and renovation of the Catholic Church and these processes provoked reforms in the Catholic ecclesiastic structures in the Ottoman Balkans as well. A significant factor for the penetration of the renovation ideas among the local Catholics was the Franciscan Province Bosna Argentina. But the implementation of the Tridentine reforms caused some disturbances of the traditional Franciscans’ work and resulted in many controversies. Nevertheless, the post-Tridentine reform program, contributed to the revitalization of the Catholic activities in the territories under the Ottomans.

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