Sfântul Macarie din Patmos (1688-1737) și primele lucrări de teologie polemică ale obștii paisiene
St. Macarios of Patmos (1688-1737) and the First Works of Polemical Theology Translated by the Disciples of Saint Paisios Velicikovski

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present study is to emphasize the importance of a special type of works translated and copied during the revival of the Hesychasm in the monastic community of Saint Paisios Velicikovsky, namely the apologetic/polemic writings, which defend the Orthodox faith against various ideas, beliefs or philosophies, in order to protect Christians from soul- damaging dangers. Our approach was motivated, on the one hand, by the fact that this type of works had been less highlighted by the historiography and, on the other hand, because the apologetic writings were and still are true and valuable theological treaties, many of them unpublished in Romanian so far. We focused our research on two manuscripts, kept at the Library of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest (756 and 426). They contain the homilies of Saint Macarios, the founder of the Theological School in Patmos and fragments of the works of famous Greek theologians of the 18th century: Evghenios Vulgaris, Evstratios Arghenti and Nikiforos Theotoke, combating – with strong arguments – the dogmatic and liturgical innovations, promoted by Catholics (such as: Filioque, the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Pope of Rome over all christianity, the purgatory, the practice of the Christian baptism by sprinkling).

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