INSIDE THE CHURCH DEBATE ON CULTURE AND POLITICS: THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JURAJ POSILOVIĆ AND ŠIMUN BALENOVIĆ 1856–1861

Autor je u radu istražio mladenačko razdoblje djelovanja Jurja Posilovića, svećenika i kasnije istaknutoga crkvenog velikodostojnika, senjsko-modruškoga biskupa od 1876. do 1894. godine i zagrebačkoga nadbiskupa od 1894. do 1914. godine. Na temelju pisama koja je J. Posilović kao bogoslov i doktorand bogoslovlja iz Beča slao u Zagreb svome prijatelju svećeniku Šimunu Balenoviću, u razdoblju od 1856. do 1861. godine, prikazao je Posilovićeva stajališta o najvažnijim suvremenim vjerskim, kulturnim i političkim problemima. Ujedno je prikazao publicističku djelatnost J. Posilovića i Š. Balenovića, koja je u svezi sa sadržajem pisama.In this article the author analyzes the contents of letters that Juraj Posilovič, as a seminarian and doctoral student of theology in Vienna, sent to his friend Fr. Šimun Balenović in Zagreb during the period 1856–1861. The author contends that these letters (which are appearing in print for the first time in this issue as a part of the Historical Sources section) show J. Posilović to be abreast of the most important contemporary religious, political, and cultural issues, as well as being aware of the political threat posed by an over-reliance on Hungary and the organization of the Serbs in Croatia. He concludes the article by pointing out that the relevance of the issues dealt with in these letters and the nature of their elaboration make Posilović\u27s correspondence an important addition to the study of the political and cultural history of the Croatian clergy during the 1850s and 1860s