Angel and Demon | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVIII) / 2024 Once again on atheism in *Mortua est!* Professor, PhD Nicolae Georgescu

The ending of Eminescu’s poem Mortua est!, particularly the spelling a tĕu in the first printed version in Convorbiri literare (1871), is analysed in relation to Titu Maiorescu’s successive editorial interventions, in order to demonstrate that the term conceals the etymological meaning of the privative ‘alpha’, rather than the commonly understood atheism, thereby reshaping the entire interpretation of the poem’s ending.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XIII) / 2022 Mihai Eminescu, a Christian poet? Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Stancu

Mihai Eminescu’s poetry is analysed from a Christian Orthodox perspective, focusing on the theological reflection found in A Dacian’s Prayer, Angel and Demon, Melancholy and The Morning Star. The themes of the Trinity, the Incarnation, suffering and joy, human freedom, and the relationship between the Church and the Romanian people are explored through references to Lossky, Evdokimov and the Holy Fathers.