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Graeca fides, nulla fides. Conversion of the Orthodox beliwers to Catholicism in the Vrbas headwaters (Uskoplje) during the period of the Ottoman occupation

Apstrakt Prelasci pravoslavaca na katolicizam tijekom osmanlijske okupacije u gornjovrbaškom kraju (Uskoplju) po svojoj su brojnosti bili gotovo zanemarivi. Isključivo su uzrokovani sklapanjem braka s katolicima. Izazivali su burne reakcije članova njihovih obitelji, rodbine i pravoslavne zajednice, koji su ih od napuštanja pravoslavlja nastojali odvratiti i silom pa i odvođenjem na najviša islamska sudišta. Zbog njihove prijetvornosti, u iskrenost prihvaćanja katolicizma od strane pojedinih pravoslavaca gdjekad su dvojili i najutjecajniji katolički svećenici.

Vrbas headwaters (Uskoplje) in middle Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 19th century; conversion of the Orthodox beliwers to the Catholicism; the Gnjatić Orthodox clan in the Vrbas headwaters (Uskoplje) in middle Bosnia and Herzegovina

The number of Orthodox beliversʼ conversions to Catholicism in the Vrbas headwaters (Uskoplje) in middle Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of the Ottoman occupation were rather low, and were prevalently caused by the marriage with the Catholics. Harsh reactions from their families, relatives and the Orthdox community followed, including force and highest islamic low courts. The number of conversions of Orthodox believers to catholicism during Ottoman occupation in the Upper Vrbas Region of Bosnia and Herzegovina was close to negligible. Those that occured were the result of marriages to Catholics. The Parish Registers of Skopje/Gornji Vakuf, Malo Selo/Bugojno and Golo Brdo/Kandija (kept from 1755) till the end od Ottoman occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina show total of 5297 marriages. Amongst them were 2 marriages of Orthodox believers and weddings of 5 Orthodox women who converted to Catholic faith before their marriage. The men married in 1802 and 1808 and the women married in 1800, 1843, 1861, 1874 and 1878. Three of them were members of the Gnjatić Orthodox clan who hailed from Golo Brdo, Vileši and Barbarići, neighbouring settlements of the Bugojno Region. Convers