Locul şi rolul preoţilor "moralişti" în timpul episcopatului lui Ioan Lemeni (1832-1850)
Place and Role of "Moralist" Priests in the Time of Ioan Lemeni's Episcopate (1832-1850)

Summary/Abstract: In the first half of XIX-th century, spirituality was acknowledged as the most important element of Romanian culture. The representatives of Greek-Catholic church were defending the Romanian nation. But they were criticized especially the way they ruled the renewal of ecclesiastic structure from inside, the administration and financial affairs of church. The article shows the position of Romanian Greek-Catholic "moralist" priests during Ioan Lemeni episcopacy, based on some unpublished sources, keeped in archives (Primási Levéltár Esztergom). The aim of research is to reconstitue the case study which is refering to the "lemenian trial" (1843 - 1846) happened in Blaj, with particular attention to "moralist" priests. The main ideas debate are: the status of the theologian from Blaj ecclesiastical seminary, the vision of bishop Ioan Lemeni about the "moralist" priests, the number of the "moralist" priests, the stages of preparing the "moralist" priests, the journalistic reaction of the philosophy teacher Simion Bărnuţiu against the "moralist" priests, the position of imperial inspectors in opposition to the "moralist" priests, imperial conclusions and possible solution to deplorable state in which were the diocese of Făgăraş.

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