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- Title
THE MORAL CONDUCT OF GREEK CATHOLIC PRIESTS FROM THE DIOCESE OF GHERLA IN MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY, BETWEEN THE NORM AND REALITY.
- Authors
RIGMAN, Ciprian
- Abstract
THIS STUDY IS FOCUSED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE MORAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC PRIEST IN THE DIOCESE OF GHERLA IN MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED BY MIRRORING THE REALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE AGAINST THE NORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE CANONS AND THE PRECEPTS OF ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE. ALONGSIDE THE "DASCĂL" (PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTER) AND THE "JUDE" (MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE), THE PARISH PRIEST REPRESENTED THE CLOSEST LEVEL OF THE ELITE WITH WHICH THE ORDINARY PARISHIONER CAME INTO CONTACT, THEREFORE HE WAS EXPECTED TO BE A MODEL OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE EMBODIMENT OF THE HUMAN ARCHETYPE SHAPED BY RELIGIOUS RULES. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRIEST WAS NOT TO BE LIMITED ONLY TO FULFILLING HIS PROFESSIONAL DUTIES FAIRLY AND PROMPTLY, BUT HAD, AT THE SAME TIME, THE OBLIGATION TO TAKE UP AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS PROMOTER OF SOCIAL ETHICS, OF A HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE, OF THE DO-IT-YOURSELF SPIRIT AND OF CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TO AVOID THE TRAP OF UNFOUNDED GENERALIZATIONS, IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PRIESTS IN THE PERIOD STUDIED ARE SITUATED VERY CLOSE TO THE OUTLINED STANDARD, AS IS APPARENT FROM THE REPORTS SUBMITTED BY VICARS AND ARCHPRIESTS TO THE DEANERY FROM GHERLA, WHILE OTHER DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHIVES GIVE DETAILS OF RATHER THE SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCES REPRESENTED BY DEVIATIONS FROM THE NORM, WHICH REQUIRED INVESTIGATIONS AND DECISIONS INTENDED TO CORRECT BEHAVIOURAL DEVIATIONS.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; GREEK Catholics; CATHOLIC priests; DIOCESES; MORAL attitudes; ECCLESIASTICAL law
- Publication
Annals of the Constantin Brancusi University of Targu Jiu-Letters & Social Sciences Series, 2014, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1844-6051
- Publication type
Article