Terms with meanings and forms different from the current ones in the text of the liturgies. Comparative analysis between the Liturgy of Antim Ivireanul and the one in Chisinau (1815) Cover Image

Termeni cu sensuri diferite de cele actuale în textul liturghiilor. Analiză comparativă între Liturghierul lui Antim Ivireanul și cel de la Chișinău (1815)
Terms with meanings and forms different from the current ones in the text of the liturgies. Comparative analysis between the Liturgy of Antim Ivireanul and the one in Chisinau (1815)

Author(s): Maria-Lucreţia Cazac
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language studies, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, 19th Century
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: different meaning; inherited term; Romanian language; identity of religious style;

Summary/Abstract: We propose in this study a comparative analysis of the terms with meanings different from the current ones. The two supporting texts used are the Missal of Chisinau (1815) and that of Antim Ivireanul, with references also to the Missal in use today. The essential role that Antim's Liturgy played in the realization of the one in Bessarabia is indisputable, the Antimian text being considered by specialists as the prototype in the editing of the Romanian Liturgy. Beyond the elements common to the two liturgies, we can see lexically specific elements that individualize the first liturgical text in Romanian made under tsarist domination, because historically Bessarabia was annexed by the Tsarist Empire of 1813. In our analysis we will consider two categories of terms: those inherited from Latin, respectively those formed in the field of the Romanian language. However, broadly speaking, both liturgies retain common terms, emphasizing a fundamental element of identity of the liturgical variety in the Romanian language, namely, the conservative aspect of the religious style in written form. Through this refractory attitude towards linguistic innovation, in the case of the religious style, continuity is ensured at the level of liturgical texts, being maintained a certain tradition of the realization of the religious text.

  • Issue Year: X/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 288-296
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian