''Bogoslovska smotra'' (Theologian's Review) is a

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n interdisciplinary quinquennial

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and among the oldest, still-publishing

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journals in the world, since 1910. The periodical is referenced in WOS, ESCI,

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History

Founder and the first editor of the journal were Josip Pazman. The foundation of the journal was financially encouraged by archbishops

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and Antun Bauer, who established separate found for its financing. Bauer was a long-standing journal's benefactor. During the

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bishops Ivan Šarić, Antun Akšamović and Josip Marušić were actively aiding publishing of the journal, that was widely distributed throuough the

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s of

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Đakovo Đakovo (; hu, Diakovár) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( hr, Đakovština ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the gr, διάκος (diákos) in Slavic form đ ...

and

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, as well all the

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s (from

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) of the state. ''Smotra'' was, along with the ''

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'', important promotor of the

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at the scientific and theologically-

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