Mitropolitul Varlaam al Bălgradului, între exigenţele Ortodoxiei şi programul Reformei Protestante sau supleţea omului de cultură
The Metropolitan Varlaam of Bălgrad (Alba Iulia) – between the exigencies of the Orthodoxy and the Protestant Reform’s Programme or the Man of Culture

Summary/Abstract: The Metropolitan Varlaam of Bălgrad (Alba Iulia) – between the exigencies of the Orthodoxy and the Protestant Reform’s Programme or the Man of Culture’s Grace. This study intends to reconstitute an interesting biography of a Transylvanian Head of the Church from the end of the 17th century, an apologist of Orthodoxy who, unlike his predecessors, promoted the Orthodoxy through the culture. We are referring to the Metropolitan Varlaam (1685-1692) the antepenultimate metropolitan of Bălgrad who was ordained into this dignity from the position of archpriest of Bălgrad. Patron of the typographical activity from the ninth decade, tenacious initiator of the editorial programme destined for the consolidation of Orthodoxy, Varlaam ably succeeded to shift the disquieted atmosphere of the later 17th century to obtain a cultural-spiritual advantage for his Church. Beyond his editorial achievements, Varlaam has done a great service, firstly, to Orthodoxy, preserving and consolidating its rite and its dogmas and, secondly, to the Transylvanians by promoting the Romanian culture and linguistic elements. Hence, we have here an outstanding application of the confessional apologetic formulae in promoting culture.

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