Biserică, Stat și disciplină ecleziastică în perioada comunistă. Studiu de caz
Church, State and ecclesiastical discipline during the communist period

Summary/Abstract: The sentencing processes of the Orthodox clergy was an interventionist measure of the State, the oppression and control of the Church following the Soviet model aimed to remove citizens from the influence of religion. Communism did not accept the old-fashioned religion, the masses of people had to be educated and manipulated by the new ideology, religion had to be reinterpreted and controlled. The role of the scientific knowledge that the new party had try to implement was a new mentality, a rational, scientific way of thinking that challenges religious discourse by contributing to the formation of a new socialist morality. The presentation of this case study reflects the political involvement in the work of the Orthodox clergy, the oppression and purge of persons considered hostile to the new regime.

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