concordat of 1855

Austrian religious history

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In Austria: Neoabsolutist era, 1849–60
…more backward developments was the concordat reached with the papacy that gave the church jurisdiction in marriage questions, partial control of censorship, and oversight of elementary and secondary education. Priests entrusted with religious education in the schools had the authority to see to it that instruction in any field, be…
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In Austria: Domestic affairs, 1867–73
…reforms, undoing parts of the concordat of 1855 between Austria and the papacy. Civil marriage was restored; compulsory secular education was established; and interconfessional relations were regulated, in spite of a strong protest from the Roman Catholic Church. In 1870 the Austrian government used the promulgation of the dogma of…
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In Joseph Othmar von Rauscher
…primary engineer of the Austro-papal concordat of 1855.
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