METROPOLITAN BISHOP ANDREI ȘAGUNA OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN TRANSYLVANIA (1848/1864 - 1873), CHURCH ORGANIZER AND LEGISLATOR, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
METROPOLITAN BISHOP ANDREI ȘAGUNA OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN TRANSYLVANIA (1848/1864 - 1873), CHURCH ORGANIZER AND LEGISLATOR, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: One of the most debated issues in modern Transylvanian church historiography is that concerning the origin and sources of the Organic Statute, drafted by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna, canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2011. The article presents the European and inter-Orthodox context in which the Metropolitan bishop of Sibiu drafted this constitution of his metropolitanate, laying the foundation of a living Church of the people (Volkskirche).

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