Teodor M. Popescu (1893-1973)
Teodor M. Popescu (1893-1973)
Author(s): Adrian Nicolae PetcuSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Cold-War History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: atheist persecution; Teodor M. Popescu; anti-communism; Church History; Theology;
Summary/Abstract: One of the greatest theologians that Romanian Orthodoxy had in the 20th century was Teodor M. Popescu, professor of Church History at the Faculty of Theology in Bucharest. Before and during the Second World War, Professor T. M. Popescu took a stand against the persecution to which Russian believers in the Soviet Union were subjected. He wrote studies and articles, gave lectures, and went to Winitza to witness the exhumation of those killed by the secret Soviet police. Later, after the installation of the communist regime in Romania, all these constituted accusations that attracted an unjust conviction at the end of the `50s.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXIX/2021
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 205-208
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Romanian
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