Zoran Krstić

CHURCH BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CIVIL SECTOR

This article comes up with an attempt and suggestion to define the most common concepts that are being in use when the relationships between the state and the Church are considered in a contemporary, civilised society, about which content there is misunderstanding and disagreement. The notion private is understood in a different way particularly in the West to the one in the East, due to diverse historical circumstances during the last 50 years. The private as a basis holds freedom which is an elementary presumption of faith.

Key Words: Individual, Private, Public, That of State, Communal, Free Will