The Hungarian Ecclesiastical Patronage in the Vision of Protopresbyter Gheorghe Ciuhandu. Historical-Canonical Study
The Hungarian Ecclesiastical Patronage in the Vision of Protopresbyter Gheorghe Ciuhandu. Historical-Canonical Study

Summary/Abstract: The present paper represents a historical, political, and canonical study onthe valuable contribution made by the priest Gheorghe Ciuhandu. He was animportant historian and scholar from the Bishopric of Arad, who wanted to clarifythe institution of the ecclesiastical patronage of Hungary and its implications inthe life of the Orthodox Romanians in Transylvania before and after the timeof the Romanian united state. Gheorghe Ciuhandu analyzes the problem of theecclesiastical patronage from the perspective of the historical reality, as well as ofthe political and ecclesiastical impact. He establishes the nature of the patronagelaws, as laws emanating from the sovereign quality of the kings of Hungary andnot following the quality of apostolic kings, received based on personal meritsfrom Rome. His contribution in establishing the basis of the supreme patronagelaws was intended to clarify the situation of the relationship between cults and thestate in Romania after the Great Union, inscribing his work within works of specialimportance for the study and development of Church Law.

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