Aspecte ale modernității în viața bisericească din Mitropolia Moldovei. Situația restaurării bisericilor în debutul secolului al XX-lea
Aspects of modernity in church life. The situation of the Metropolitanate of Moldavia at the beginning of the 20th century

Author(s): Elisei Nedescu
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: modernity; Metropolitanate of Moldova; Metropolitan Partenie Clinceni; pastoral visits;
Summary/Abstract: The Romanian Orthodox Church has been reluctant to the innovative initiatives of the Romanian society since the beginning of the 20th century. Although the public presence of the Church was not diminished, given that King Carol I was a practicing Catholic but understood the need for some reforms to take into account the pre-existing and prevailing cultural-religious code, the phasing of the relationship between the two institutions is based on problems internal and overlaps with modernization (as a historical process) or modernity (as a result of this process). Thus, if at the end of the 19th century, the Metropolitan Iosif Naniescu of Moldova shows himself as a censor of the overly aggressive modernization initiatives, the beginning of the 20th century brings a completely different perspective of the opening of the Metropolitanate of Moldova to the modernization process. The new hierach, Metropolitan Partenie Clinceni brings new innovative ideas to the citadel of Moldavia: the building of brick churches, pastoral visits to almost every parish and the realization of a better and more efficient collaboration between the metropolitan chancellery and the subunits of the diocese, in this case the protopochies.

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