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Aspecte ale unirii religioase în opera lui Gheorghe Șincai
The Idea of Uniatism in the Work of Gheorghe Şincai

Author(s): Narcis Martiniuc
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Gheorghe Şincai al Academiei Române
Keywords: religious union; Greek Catholic Church; Roman Catholic Church; theology; canonic law; Enlightenment; dogmatics; confessionalism; historiography.

Summary/Abstract: The present study outlines multiple layers in the activity of Gheorghe Șincai. I reflect to the manner in which Șincai approached the idea of “confessional transfer” as applied to the topic of Uniate Greek-Catholic Church from Transylvania. In my demonstration I refer, mostly, to Șincai’s works which are regarded in a historiographical, occasionally, in a philosophical framework. The texts I refer to will hopefully demonstrate the degree of theological culture of the author. Therefore, I attempt a discussion from the perspective of the canonic law and dogmatic theology, which, as I will demonstrate, were topics very familiar to the Transylvanian author.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 5-23
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian