AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF SOME TURNING POINTS IN THE BOGOSLOVSKA SMOTRA

On the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the periodical Bogoslovska smotra, the author presents an historical overview of three main periods covering this periodical from its beginnings to the present day. Based on previously published articles, the author cites historical facts relating to the launching of the Smotra and to its impediment. The author supports her arguments from archival sources from the Faculty of Catholic Theology in Zagreb and the Archdiocesan archives in Zagreb. On the basis of detailed analysis of the said archival material the author presents new findings about the activities of the periodical and the circumstances surrounding the two times it stopped being published. The author reflects on the Faculty's inability to reinstate the Smotra with its own financial resources as well as the problems caused by subscribers who frequently did not regularly pay the required fees causing debts. The author presents a periodical of publishers of the Smotra which changed over the years. Based on available sources, the author endeavours to portray any possible influence by governments on the periodical's publishing during certain periods.