National and confessional identity in the periodical „Biserica Ortodoxă Română”. A monographic study
National and confessional identity in the periodical „Biserica Ortodoxă Română”. A monographic study

Summary/Abstract: With an editorial tradition for almost a century and a half, edited monthly from 1874 till present days (with small interruptions), the periodical Biserica Ortodoxă Română, the official press organ of the Holy Synod (today, the official journal of the Romanian Patriarchy), represents in the publishing space an emblem of the identity of the Romanian Christian-Orthodox cult. Its diverse summary, the volume and the depth of the studies written by personalities of the cultural life, propels it to the rank of „high held theological Church magazine”, as the historian Mircea Păcurariu stated, with a considerable contribution to the development of the Romanian theology. Beyond the confessional identity, the constant publishing of regulations on the organisation and functioning of the Church, the explanations of these documents in the context of the relationship between the State and the Church and with the other religious cults, the coverage of social and political realities, of different historical events in which the Orthodox Church was more or less involved, actually or symbolically, represent aspects in which the national identity is reflected. Built around the idea of the organic connection between the Romanian State and the Church, between the formation and evolution of the Romanian people, on the one hand, and the Christian-Orthodox faith, on the other hand, the religious identity is circumscribed to the notion of national identity.

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