Accente ale polemicii interconfesionale din perioada absolutistă (1850-1860) în scrisorile Sfântului Andrei Şaguna
Accents of inter-confessional polemics from the absolutist period (1850-1860) in the letters of Saint Andrei Şaguna

Summary/Abstract: Metropolitan Andrei Şaguna’s relations with the Greek-Catholic hierarchy in Transylvania was full of ups and downs, oscillating between cooperation and open confrontation. During most of the time between 1850-1873, the relations of the Sibian hierarch with the hierarchs of Blaj were strained. The disputes reached their peak in the absolutist decade (1850-1860), when the Habsburg monar-chy reconciled with the Catholic Church and stimulated the expansion of Catholicism in the eastern provinces of the empire. The two churches were in permanent competition for the greatest possible infl uence in Romanian society in Transylvania. In the light of epistolary sources, we propose to review the main ecclesiastical themes of dispute that dominated the arena of interdenominational relations in Transylvania during the absolutist period (1850-1860).

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