Eastern Catholic clergy in Ukraine
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eastern-catholic-clergy-in-ukraine-176-5506205
title:
Eastern Catholic clergy in Ukraine
text:
The Eastern Catholic clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church were a hereditary tight-knit social caste that dominated Ukrainian society in Western Ukraine from the late eighteenth until the mid-twentieth centuries, following the reforms instituted by Joseph II, Emperor of Austria. Because, like their Eastern Orthodox brethren, married men in the Ukrainian Catholic Church could become priests, they were able to establish "priestly dynasties", often associated with specific regions, for many
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Priestly hereditary dynasty
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_clergy_in_Ukraine
date created:
2009-09-24T15:09:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T14:34:36Z
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