The teachings of Neagoe Basarab to his son Theodosius Cover Image

Ȋnvăţăturile lui Neagoe Basarab către fiul său Theodosie
The teachings of Neagoe Basarab to his son Theodosius

Author(s): Porfirie Pescaru
Subject(s): History of ideas, 16th Century, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: Christianity; Orthodox; Byzantine; Renaissance; humanism;

Summary/Abstract: The study problematizes the concepts of humanist Renaissance and Byzantine Renaissance, in order to demonstrate the need for a re-reading of Neagoe Basarab's work, as a representative text for the continuity of the Byzantine Christian model, otherwise called by Nicolae Iorga – Byzantium after Byzantium. Therefore, the study argues that the political-cultural vision and the religious commitment of Neagoe Basarab decisively participate in the transfer of the civilizational center from Constantinople – to the Orthodox communities and countries, and to its multiplication in the area of Eastern Christianity. Neagoe Basarab's text, in its entirety, is thought in such a way as to affirm and re-affirm the Christian vision of existence, the unbroken perpetuity of the evangelical teaching and patristic wisdom from the original Christianity.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 45-52
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian