Church publications from Banat and their support to the Great Union

Abstract

Church publications from Banat issued before the First World War have had an important contribution in the development of national feeling of Romanians, because there the Church was the most important institution that sustained the cultural and ethical emancipation of its faithful. During the time, Foaia Diecezană, the most important Church publication from Banat, has offered religious, historical and cultural articles with the purpose of crystallisation of the national feeling. In 1918, Foaia Diecezană received also as a supplement Lumina, a newspaper that proposed to help Romanians to get ready for a common future. The event of Great Union has also been illustrated in the publications of Church centres in a very enthusiastic mode, and presented as an accomplishment expected from centuries.

Keywords

• Church Publications
• Banat
• Foaia Diecezană
• Lumina
• Great Union