A legal, philosophical and theological approach to the concept of citizenship

Lecturer Andrei TINU

"Titu Maiorescu" University

PhD student, Academy of Economic Studies

ABSTRACT

The concept of citizenship is gaining a greater interest in thematic research, especially in those dealing with aspects of national and transnational citizenship legislation. The concept of citizenship has its roots in Greek and Roman antiquity, where citizens - free and adult males - had rights, freedoms and obligations.

From that time until today, when the transnational elements of the concept of citizenship tend to replace the ethno-state elements, the definition of citizenship and the concept itself undergo a series of changes. A synthetic, unitary approach is difficult to achieve. Therefore, the author of this article aims to analyse, using specific research methods, philosophical and theological aspects of the concept of citizenship, starting in this effort of knowledge from the Vetero and New Testament texts...