Marriage and Family in the Greek-Catholic Church of Transylvania in the 19th Century. Historical-Theological Considerations
Marriage and Family in the Greek-Catholic Church of Transylvania in the 19th Century. Historical-Theological Considerations

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims at highlighting some of the essential stages of the structuring process undergone by the confessionalized discourse in the Greek-Catholic Church of Transylvania throughout the 19th Century. The centrepiece of the “Konfessionsbildung” process resided in perfecting propaganda programmes specific to every Church and in enacting those strategies to inform the believers, but more importantly, to secure their loyalty, conditions which are absolutely necessary in any Church’s stabilization and well functioning. This study presents some of the fundamental reference points of the canonical legislation operating in the Greek Catholic Church of Transylvania during the 19th Century. We have attempted to pinpoint relevant moments of the ecclesial law’s evolution towards a form progressively closer to the Latinising standards of the epoch, which were also significant stages of the metamorphosis the identitary discourse of the Greek Catholic Church had undergone. The second part of the paper has been dedicated to a succinct presentation of the contents of catechetic theological literature regarding matrimony and family.

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