The image of the Catholic priest in 17th century Moldavia. Preliminary remarks
The image of the Catholic priest in 17th century Moldavia. Preliminary remarks

Summary/Abstract: The careers of several Catholic missionaries, lay prelates or apostolic visitors in the Romanian Principalities in the 17th century, are briefly presented, as well as the way in which they were perceived, from the views of their attachment to Roman-Catholic spiritual values and to social morality. Definitely, the few examples given above can not pretend to create the perfect image of the Catholic prelates’ image in contemporary Moldavia or Wallachia in the consciousness of ecclesiastical figures or of the representatives of the local lay and religious authorities. In this picture of the religious life of the Catholic communities from the Romanian extra-Carpathian territory, Catholic prelates esteemed for their culture, zeal and morality stand beside characters for whom Christian Roman-Catholic values occupied a secondary plan.

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