The author examines the workings of the Early Modern Corpus Christi confraternity of Škofja Loka as presented in its own publication Lagkherisches HimmelBrod [The Loka Bread from Heaven] from 1713. After defining the work as a so-called ,confraternity book‘, the author presents and analyses two of its most important parts: the rules which were to be followed by members of the confraternity, and the deeds for which papal indulgences were foreseen. The author holds that on the one hand, the confraternity in the book is depicted as a typical post-Tridentine organization, and on the other, he asserts that the confraternity’s work went beyond consolidating faith. As late as the 18th century, its dedication to strengthening faith was almost matched by its endeavour to provide for the afterlife of its members, a characteristic typical of the earliest, high medieval confraternities. A comparison with some other Corpus Christi confraternities in the Slovenian lands shows that the confraternity of Škofja
Loka did not differ significantly from other associations of the same kind in its activities.
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