Strossmayer as the Spirit of Christian Freedom

Bog jest sloboda, ne Bog jest slobodan, to jest ono što objavljuje duh kršćanske slobode. Kroz Josipa Jurja Strossmayera taj duh živi, progovara i djeluje. Živi kroz njega kao svećenika, progovara kroz govore, riječi i okružnice te djeluje, prije svega, kroz jedinstveni projekt podizanja stolne crkve u Đakovu i utemeljenja sveučilišta i akademije u Zagrebu. Sljedeće je pokušaj oživljavanja toga projekta u pamćenju.God is freedom, not God is free – this is what the spirit of Christian freedom reveals. This spirit lives on, speaks and acts through Josip Juraj Strossmayer. It lives on through him as priest, it speaks through his speeches, words and circular letters; it acts – primarily – through the unique project of the erection of the cathedral in Đakovo and the founding of the University and the Academy in Zagreb. The attempt to revive this project in the memory is what follows