SOCIJALNO DJELOVANJE SVEĆENIKA POTICAJI DR. VILKA ANDERLIĆA (1882. – 1957.)
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PRIESTS INITIATIVES BY DR. VILKO ANDERLIĆ (1882- 1957)

Summary/Abstract: According to some resources that mostly haven't been thouroughly studied yet, the article elaborates on Dr. Vilko Anderlić's interests and initiatives related to social activities of priests in Croatia in the first half of the 20th century. This topic is also important because social activities of priests in this period haven't been explored yet. In the first section the author briefly explains the significance Anderlić attributed to the solution of social issues in his book " Sociology " (1912), which was the first in Croatian theological literature to deal with the issue. The second and the core point of this article titled "The priest's duty is to act" deals with the issue of priests' social activities. There are two different directions of priests' social activities according to Anderlić: the first in the church during the encounter with the faithful, whereas the second is manifested in priests' activities related to cultural and material issues. According to Anderlić a priest's social activities are a consistent part of his everyday life and his pastoral work; a priest should take an active part "ad intra" and especially "ad extra". The third section of the article examines the impact of Anderlić's social discourse on our time, especially at the pastoral practical level.

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