The Role of the Clergy in the Development of the Romanian Literary Language and in the Maintenance of the Conscience of National Unity through Sermon. Deacon Coresi, St. Metropolitan Bishop Varlaam of Moldavia, St. Hierarch Antim Ivireanul
The Role of the Clergy in the Development of the Romanian Literary Language and in the Maintenance of the Conscience of National Unity through Sermon. Deacon Coresi, St. Metropolitan Bishop Varlaam of Moldavia, St. Hierarch Antim Ivireanul

Summary/Abstract: This study is a presentation of three illustrious fi gures of the 17th and 18th centuries who kept alive the idea of carrying on the process of imposing the Romanianlanguage as the sole cultural language in the Romanian Provinces. Coresi was awareof the importance his work had. He used his books as an instrument for spreadingthe Romanian language, a language that would be understood by all. “Collectionof Homilies” by Varlaam exercised an extraordinary infl uence due to the languageused, the narrative art that establishes him as the forefather of our great story-tellers,the force in synthesizing the rules of the literary language of the time, and the introduction of the Romanian language as the language used in the church. Antim Ivireanul is the one who elevated the prestige of the national language. He stimulatedthe idea of national unity and unity in Orthodox faith through language. A commontrait of the three scholars is the concern for the same goals as those of their ancestors, such as: protection and promotion of ancestral faith, development of languageand culture in the Romanian language, preservation of the conscience of the nationalunity of all Romanians

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