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Povestea vieții și profilul spiritual al Sfântului Grigorie Palama (prima parte)
Life story and spiritual profile of St. Gregory Palamas (first part)

Author(s): Adrian Gheorghe Paul
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura U. T. Press
Keywords: Saint Gregory Palamas; the spiritual profile; the doctrine of Palamas; the true Orthodox faith; the Hesychast experience; the East the true faith;

Summary/Abstract: The Confession and defense of the true Orthodox faith means love and devotion to truth, love and fidelity towards the Church, the Body of Christ. One of the most fervent defenders of the true Orthodox faith, who fought against all doctrinal errors and false teaching issued in his day, who forever settled in the East the true faith on the Hesychast experience of the meeting between Man and Christ, in light, through prayers from the heart, but also the unity of God when speaking about his uncreated work, inseparable from his being, was Saint Gregory Palamas, the real torch of Orthodoxy, the foundation of the Church of Christ, invincible ally of theological clear teaching, great scholar of the Church of Christ and the Archbishop of Thessalonica. To begin with, we present in this study some biographical data and the spiritual profile of the one who managed during 14th century to integrate for centuries the tradition of contemplative teaching of the Church of the East, known as Hesychasm, the doctrine of Palamas, in all its aspects, which will be addressed in future issues of the journal Studia.

  • Issue Year: III/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 71-90
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian
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