The archive of JUDr. Vendelín Laca and its Coverage of the Struggle of the Members of the Underground Church for an adequate integration into the official church structure after 1989

Abstract

The paper gives description of the personal archive of one of the secretly ordained priests of the Underground Church. Subsequently, it reports growing difficulties which arose as the official bishops in Slovakia refused to recognize ordinations that originated from Bishop Felix Davídek.

Keywords

• Underground Church
• Vendelín Laca
• Married priests
• ordination „sub conditione“