Catholicisation

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Catholicisation refers mainly to the conversion of adherents of other religions into

Catholicism, and the system of expanding Catholic influence in politics. Catholicisation was a policy of the Holy See through the Papal States, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg monarchy, etc. Sometimes this process is referred to as re-Catholicization although in many cases Catholicized people had never been Catholics before.[1]

The term is also used[

West Syrian Rites, as opposed to the Latin Church
.

Catholic doctrine

Christian denominations in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth before (1573) and after (1750) the campaign of Catholicisation[image reference needed]

The

Latin: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide) is the congregation of the Roman Curia
responsible for missionary work and related activities.

Catholicisation and Uniatism

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

During the period from the 16th up to the 18the century, in eastern regions of

Catholicism.[3][4][5]

Serbs

Bosanska Dubica
(August 1941)

The

Clement VIII (1592–1605), who used the difficult position of the Orthodox in the Ottoman Empire and conditioned the Serbian Patriarch to Uniatize in return for support against the Turks.[2]

Serbian Orthodox Christians and Bogomils were targeted for Catholicisation by clergy from Republic of Ragusa.[6]

Since the many migrations of Serbs into the

Juraj Parčić.[7][8][9] Catholic bishops Vinković and Petretić wrote numerous inaccurate texts meant to incite hatred against Serbs and Orthodox Christians, some of which included advice on how to Catholicize the Serbs.[10]

During

. An estimated 300,000 were converted to Catholicism, most temporarily.

Re-Catholicisation during Counter-Reformation

See also

Christianization by the papacy

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Vuković 2004, p. 424.
  3. ^ Litwin 1987, p. 57–83.
  4. ^ Tóth 2002, p. 587-606.
  5. ^ Kornél 2011, p. 33-56.
  6. ^ Irena Ipšić, 2013, Vlasništvo nad nekretninama crkvenih i samostanskih ustanova na orebićkome području u 19. stoljeću,https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=155415 #page=235
  7. ^ a b Kašić, Dušan Lj (1967). Srbi i pravoslavlje u Slavoniji i sjevernoj Hrvatskoj. Savez udruženja pravosl. sveštenstva SR Hrvatske. p. 49.
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