The problem of οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ (it is no longer I who work this) and it’s exegetical theological perspectives (Romans 7, 17) Cover Image

Problema lui οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ (nu mai lucrez eu aceasta) şi perspectivele lui exegetico-teologice (Romani 7, 17)
The problem of οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ (it is no longer I who work this) and it’s exegetical theological perspectives (Romans 7, 17)

Author(s): Cătălin Varga
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: sin; law; grace; „I” theories; baptism; spiritual rebirth

Summary/Abstract: The problem of οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ (it is no longer I who work this) and it’s exegetical theological perspectives (Romans 7, 17). My research is exegetical focused on one of the most important verse of the Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (7, 17), which captures the tension and the drama of the man splited between law and grace. Into my periplus, I highlighted the major contribution of Fr. Grigorie T. Marcu into the Romanian biblical area, regarding the commentary of the verse above; I reviewed the Romanian synodal Bible translation of this verse (1988, 2005, Anania 2009, etc.) which seems to ignore the temporal aspect of the adverb οὐκέτι – blinding through this some important theological nuances; I checked all the majors commentary of the ἐγὼ solutions provided by the modern scholars, but I respected in my conclusions the Fr. Marcu’s points of view: this ἐγὼ cannot be other then man in general, the jew allready not baptised, facing with the demandings of the law, the one who recognize he’s failure, knowing that his last chance is only Jesus Christ. Into the last part of this paper, I dealed with an original point of view regarding the prospects of a new life, spiritual one, provided by patristic literature (St. Athanasius the Great, St. John Chrysostom, St. Mark the Ascet) and 20th century theologians (Fr. Iosif Trifa, Fr. Ilarion Felea, Fr. Vasile Mihoc), which aims that we cannot be placed to God, without an authentical spiritual rebirth. I think the same, and I sustained this spiritual directions, supplying some new perspectives.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-68
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Romanian