Development and struktures of the relatioship between catholic church and state in Czechoslovakia in the years 1948 - 1989

RÉSUMÉ The study deals with relation between State and Church in Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989. It was a period of totalitarian communist regime in Czechoslovakia. The regime was atheistic and did not acknowledge religion as an important thing. The communist ideology claimed religion is useless and dangerous phenomenon of human society. In addition, communists considered Church to be an enemy as well. The study tries to describe how the communist regime changed religion life in Czechoslovakia. The study deals with communist regime attempt to take control of Church. The study also describes ways of church persecution by communist regime. The study can be useful in lessons of Czechoslovakia history, history of Church in Czechoslovakia or history of communism