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The Order of Cistercians was one of the most powerful tools employed by the Apostolic See in order to impose its hierocratic vision as well as its disciplinary regime and to forge the institutional, religious coherence of Christianitas during the 12th and 13th centuries. The main objective of this paper is to bring forward a problematization concerning the Cistercians acting as a means of evangelization in the service of Ecclesia Romana in relation to Christians of the Eastern rite. In order to evaluate this hypothesis, the present article emphasises the perception of the Holy See in regard to the elements external to Latin Christianity, the nature of Cistercian obedience to the Bishop of Rome, and discusses the presence of the White Monks in mediaeval Poland, Banat and Transylvania – border regions of Christianitas where the resurgence of previous beliefs or contacts with the population of the Eastern Christianity matrix were frequent.
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The Order of Cistercians was one of the most powerful tools employed by the Apostolic See in order to impose its hierocratic vision as well as its disciplinary regime and to forge the institutional, religious coherence of Christianitas during the 12th and 13th centuries. The main objective of this paper is to bring forward a problematization concerning the Cistercians acting as a means of evangelization in the service of Ecclesia Romana in relation to Christians of the Eastern rite. In order to evaluate this hypothesis, the present article emphasises the perception of the Holy See in regard to the elements external to Latin Christianity, the nature of Cistercian obedience to the Bishop of Rome, and discusses the presence of the White Monks in mediaeval Poland, Banat and Transylvania – border regions of Christianitas where the resurgence of previous beliefs or contacts with the population of the Eastern Christianity matrix were frequent.

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Contacts between the Cistercian Monks and the Christians of the Eastern Rite between the 12 and 13 Centuries

The Order of Cistercians was one of the most powerful tools employed by the Apostolic See in order to impose its hierocratic vision as well as its disciplinary...

Contacts between the Cistercian Monks and the Christians of the Eastern Rite between the 12^th and 13^th Centuries^*

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 217 - 245

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2023-0016

Keywords
Order of Cistercians, Holy See, Mission, Medieval Kingdom of Poland, Medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania

© 2023 Raul–Alexandru Todika, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Contacts between the Cistercian Monks and the Christians of the Eastern Rite between the 12th and 13th Centuries*

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 217 - 245

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2023-0016

KeywordsOrder of Cistercians, Holy See, Mission, Medieval Kingdom of Poland, Medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania

© 2023 Raul–Alexandru Todika, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Contacts between the Cistercian Monks and the Christians of the Eastern Rite between the 12^th and 13^th Centuries^*

Keywords
Order of Cistercians, Holy See, Mission, Medieval Kingdom of Poland, Medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania