A románok született ortodoxok!?
Are Romanians Born as Orthodox Christians!?

Summary/Abstract: The question of when and how Romanians have become Christians has received two answers. According to one of them, Romanians were born as Christians: the Christian faith was brought into the conquered Dacia by the Romans, they converted the Dacians, the two nations have merged, and the new nation, the Romanians have been born into the new faith. As evidence for this, the basic vocabulary of religious life, which is of Latin origins, is often invoked. However, the terms related to the religious organisation are usually of Greek and Slavic origins, which would hint at the fact that Romanians were already Christians when the Bulgarian-language religious organisation was established. The second thesis maintains that Romanian Christianity is due to the proselytism of the Bulgarians and the Bulgarized rulers from the Asen dynasty. This debate is difficult to solve not only because of the lack of sources, but also because logical constructions are entwined with passions related to national identity. This often rekindled debate keeps the most precious tradition of Romanian intellectual life, i.e. pluralism, alive.

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