The theological problem of the soul. Genesis, phenomenology, ethos and perenniality Cover Image

Problema teologică a sufletului. Geneză, fenomenologie, etos şi perenitate
The theological problem of the soul. Genesis, phenomenology, ethos and perenniality

Author(s): Marin Bugiulescu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: soul; genesis; phenomenology; body; spirituality; perenniality

Summary/Abstract: The present article deals with the theological problem of the soul: genesis, phenomenology,ethos and perenniality, in an interdisciplinary approach. According to theChristian teaching, the body and the soul are not antagonistic entities, but perfectlycompatible realities that make up man as an entirety, created in God's image, with aview to acquiring His likeness. A brief theological definition of the soul shows that ithas been created by God, as a reality or essence of life that leads the body and has thefaculty of being untouchable and impossible to encompass materially (quantitatively),being endowed with reason, self conscience and free will, via which the organic body isperceived. The soul is: immortal by the divine grace, immaterial, unique and unifiedindelibly and unrepeatably, offering spirituality by its faculties and guiding the humannature towards spirituality.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 09+12
  • Page Range: 138-162
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Romanian
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