Constantin Motaș (en)

The scientist Constantin Motaș, the declared atheist who found Christ behind the bars

I went in and found myself still in the same room number 3 that I had left not so long ago; an unforgivable oversight of the graft – despite the transformation of man brought about by socialism. And I stayed in the funnel and in the mud for another two weeks. The unyielding and sticky monotony, like that of the curmudgeons pressed into a box, was broken by the introduction of four other people, one of whom was the University Professor of Entomology Constantin Motaș, from the University of Bucharest – “the godfather of all the insects that appeared on […]

Academician Motaș Constantin, defender of truth, justice and honour

The academician Constantin Motaș, director of the Grigore Antipa Museum in Bucharest, was one of the leaders of Social Democracy who did not leave Titel Petrescu, as did Stefan Voitec, Lotar Rădăceanu, Tudor Ionescu, also known as the Plastographer, and others. […] […] Motaș Constantin told us with much humour about his meeting with Ana Pauker, Stalin’s most trusted person and number one in the RCP’s Political Bureau, who offered him an ambassadorship in exchange for betraying Social Democracy. But the professor, deeply offended by her filthy offer, insulted her in the harshest terms and left the room. “You will […]

In a world that dictated brainwashing, Professor Motaș has lectured on the brain

Sometimes lectures turned into trials. Thus the university professor Constantin Motaș, sentenced to twenty-five years for the simple reason that he was a social democrat in the C.C. of the PSD-Titel Petrescu, lectured for an hour every day for a month in a room in Jilava on the brain. Everyone had the duty and the right to speak and was encouraged to do so. (Aurel Sergiu Marinescu – Prisoner in his own country, Vol. II, Du Style Publishing House, New-York, 1996, p. 96) * The title of the article is the title of the memoirist’s book.

Constantin Motaș: “I see now in the heart of life the work of God. It is a great joy”

Biologist, socialist, atheist. In prison, his soul and mind were opened to Christ. “I now see the work of God in the midst of life. It is a great joy. Let us pray! Let us pray!” he said. And he prayed again, when he had finished, he began to expound a Christian anthropology. (John Ianolide – Return to Christ. Document for a New World, Bonifaciu Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012, p. 313)