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.
