The Fight for Peace – A Topical Discourse, yet Unprecedented in Romania’s Communist Period

Abstract

The political leaders of the Romanian communist space were so convinced of the veracity of the communist society, which they wanted at any cost to establish in all spheres of activity in our society, that they saw the presence of communism in contemporary society as a revolutionary transformation, as a new society, which would lead to radical changes in the thinking of the broad masses of working people, with repercussions on the whole of humanity. Thus, communist ideology would become the savior of humanity. There would have been no other way. And this revolutionary transformation would have brought both world peace and our national freedom and independence. The Church, on the other hand, used this opportunity to speak about world peace, bringing into the discourse both the benefits of the new society and the Church's own teaching about peace, freedom, philanthropy or salvation. It was a good opportunity for the Church at that time to continue the catechesis of the faithful and to pass on the Christian way to salvation in a society undergoing unprecedented changes.