COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE CHURCH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE CHURCH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Author(s): Ioan Dan POPOVICIUSubject(s): History of Church(es), Military history, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, History of Communism
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: army; church; “Metropolitan of the War”; military clergy; communist regime;
Summary/Abstract: The process of secularisation, which started with the French Revolution in the late 18th century, was at its peak in the twentieth century when the Church was besieged by atheist regimes that emerged from the ashes of former empires after the First World War. However, the reverberations of this European anticlerical phenomenon were affected by the peculiarities of the Romanian space. Here, the church was called an auxiliary of the state, the support of the Church in preserving the state integrity being a constant throughout the centuries of existence of the Romanian people. This support was all the more visible in the first half of the twentieth century when the Romanian people fought for survival and national wholeness. These issues will be addressed, through the historical research method, during this article.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 572-581
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
