JOSEF DOBROVSKÝ A PROBLEMATIKA CELIBÁTU V HISTORII KATOLICKÉ MODERNY
JOSEF DOBROVSKÝ’S VIEWS ON CELIBACY AND THEIR ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC MODERNISM

Summary/Abstract: A fierce discussion on celibacy of Catholic priests took place on pages of the Czech Catholic Modern’s periodicals between 1900 and 1908. To support their standpoints, either affirmative or declining, the contributors often quoted experts and authorities, both Czech and foreign (e.g., Schell, Müller, Kepller, Scheicher, Vogrinec, Bolzano, Jungamnn, Havlíček-Borovský, etc.). In 1908, F. Loskot, an editor of Nezmar, cited a pamphlet titled De sacerdotum in Bohemia celibatu narratio historica (A Historical Relation on Sacerdotal Celibacy in Bohemia) written by J. Dobrovský in 1787. In this work, Dobrovský reflected the history of celibacy in Bohemia and Moravia, criticized this institution and suggested that priests who wished to leave the holy orders for strong reasons should be allowed to do so an even to get married. However, F. Loskot misinterpreted Dobrovský’s views claiming that the famous thinker had pleaded for abolition of celibacy.

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