glagoliza

Updated: May 2, 2025

Even before and after Trubar, the Slavs on the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia and Istria insisted on the so-called Glagoliza as the language which should be used in the divine service. Glagoliza is not the common language of the Croats and Slovenes, but it is an old and sacred form of the same tongue.

Nikolaj Velimirović - The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916): Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series

Rome opposed for a long time, declined afterwards, opposed or half-opposed again, till the question is to-day brought to a very acute phase. Pope Paul V permitted the use of the Glagoliza in the Church. Still, one can say that although it is theoretically allowed, it is practically forbidden. It is used to-day in some new places, like Krk, Cherso, Zara, Sebenico, in Senj, Spalato, etc.

Nikolaj Velimirović - The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916): Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series