Două predici ale lui Ioan Lemeni
Two sermons of Ioan Lemeni

Summary/Abstract: ABSTRACT: Two sermons of Ioan Lemeni. Bishop Ioan Lemeni led the diocese of Făgăraş between 1832 and 1850, being extremely active in his pastoral activity. He visited almost all his eparchy, being well-known for his preaching talent. The press of that period attests that he was able to preach even four times a day. In spite of all these, we can not identify any of his sermons. Only two of them are known dated from the period prior to his election as bishop. Both were published. The first one is from 1814, when Ioan Lemeni was archpriest of Cluj. The second is from 1831 and was printed in Sibiu. It represents Lemeni’s sermon at the funeral of bishop Ioan Bob from October 1830. He spoke as former bishop’s secretary for the last ten years. The ceremony was celebrated in the cathedral from Blaj. Both sermons were elaborated in Hungarian, Ioan Lemeni being seriously criticized by a part of Romanian historians who ignored the specific historical context from that time. The first sermon has a profound spiritual content, focused on the subject of Eucharisty. It was uttered at the Academy from Cluj on the first Sunday after Easter 1814. The second was pronounced in Hungarian for the representatives of the political authorities present at the funeral. The sermon was meant to glorify the life and activity of Ioan Bob considered to be the most important Greek-Catholic bishop. A sermon in Romanian with a similar content was uttered by vicar Theodor Papp, dedicated to the Romanian audience. The two sermons prove the oratorian talent of the future bishop, also giving us some hints on Lemeni’s political believes.

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