Letter to the reader

Year 15 - 765 - March 27, 2022

Is it valid to use Kardecism and Kardecist instead of Spiritism and Spiritist?


The proposed question is examined by our collaborator Marcus De Mario in the Special that we publish on this date. As it is known, and is remembered by him, it is very common to hear in our country the expressions Kardecist Spiritist, Kardecism and Kardecist as synonyms of Spiritism and Spiritist, or even as a reference to the Spiritist Center in which the codified Spiritist doctrine is studied and practiced by Allan Kardec. The article is one of the highlights of this issue.

Another highlight is the interview given to us by Markos Silvan Vieira, from Teresina, Piauí, the city where he participates in the activities of the Maria de Nazaré Spiritist Foundation – FEMARIA, an institution linked to the Spiritist Medical Association of Piauí. There, he is currently Director of Doctrinal Studies, having previously served in the Department of Media and Events.

In April 1874, the book Rome and the Gospel, authored by D. José Amigó y Pellicer, until then a member of the Catholic clergy, who, upon becoming a spiritist, founded the Christian-Spiritist Circle, was launched in Lleida, Spain. The book caused great controversy and unfriendly reactions from the Church, as shown in an article written by Jorge Leite de Oliveira.
 

  Astolfo O. de Oliveira Filho
Director of Writing
 

 
José Carlos Munhoz Pinto
Administrative Director

 

Translation:
Francine Prado
francine.cassia@hotmail.com

 

 
 

     
     

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 Revista Semanal de Divulgação Espírita