!!!Maigesetze

Maigesetze. The term refers to 3 acts adopted to regulate legal 
controversies between the Holy See and the Austrian state ( Catholic 
Church); in spite of strong protest from church dignitaries and 
conservatives these acts were passed by the liberal members of the 
Reichsrat%%sup * /%and entered into force on May 25, 1868. They 
restored civil marriage, established compulsory secular education and 
regulated denominational relations. Supplementary legislation 
comprised the  Reichsvolksschulgesetz passed on May 14, 1869, as well 
as an act dealing with legal controversies between the church and the 
state and the contribution of prebends to a religious fund, as well as 
the official recognition of the Religious Act of May 1874. All these 
acts provoked a serious conflict between Church and State and in 1874 
led to the total abrogation of the  Concordat of 1855.


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