Byzantine Inheritances and Western influences in Christian politics of Stephen the Great Cover Image

Moşteniri bizantine şi influenţe occidentale în politica creştină a lui Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt
Byzantine Inheritances and Western influences in Christian politics of Stephen the Great

Author(s): Cosmin-Dan Bufnea
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Moldavia; Stephan the Great and Sain; Christian politics; Moldavian style

Summary/Abstract: Political line, internal and international, inaugurated by Stephan the Great and Saint, is a Christian politics. Europe was seen by the Stephan the Great as a living unity of faith, in contrast to with happens today when institutions in Brussels imagine a single Europe denied its Christian roots in the European Institution. Stefan the Great remains in the consciousness of the Church as a creator of synthesis. Moldavian style arise from the influence of the Byzantine and Gothic style, the two own styles of the East and West. Passing it among the saints, the Romanian Orthodox Church proposes in the image of the Stephen the Great, a model for Romanian politics and for a Christian politician, a defender of the faith and a great builder of churches and monasteries.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-20
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian
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