PROIECTE ECLEZIASTICE – PROIECTE NAȚIONALE. UNELE CONSIDERAȚII PRIVIND RELAȚIILE ROMÂNILOR CU SFÂNTUL SCAUN ÎN SECOLELE XIX-XX*
Ecclesiastical projects, national projects. Notes on the relations between Romanians and the Holy See in the 19th-20th centuries

Summary/Abstract: During the historical evolution of two thousand years of Christianity, the Holly See represented a point of reference with many meanings and roles for Romanians; the political and diplomatic aspect is not absent and becomes ever more present and obvious in the modern period. The concern manifested by the Romanian political elites in providing these relations with a systematic and institutionalized character is shared in parallel with the birth of the modern Romanian national state and its need to be recognized and stand out in the international arena. It is obvious that going down this path the signing between the Kingdom of Romania and the Holy See of the Concordat on the 10th of May 1927, represented the highest point in some developments that had been preceded by a long period of approach between the Romanian state and the center of the Catholic Church. Thus, in 2017 we have celebrated the venerable age of 90 years since the achievement of an international agreement, unique in its way at least for that period: the signing of a Concordat between the Catholic Church and a predominantly Orthodox country. This has offered us the opportunity for some reflections and notes we present in this article.

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