Assessment of the Influence of Maximus the Confessor’s Mystagogia on 20th Century Romanian Ecclesiology Case study: Dumitru Stăniloae’s Spirituality and Communion in the Orthodox Liturgy
Assessment of the Influence of Maximus the Confessor’s Mystagogia on 20th Century Romanian Ecclesiology Case study: Dumitru Stăniloae’s Spirituality and Communion in the Orthodox Liturgy

Summary/Abstract: Stăniloae’s Spirituality and Communion in the Orthodox Liturgy represents anelaboration in terms of form and content of Maximus’s Mystagogia. Stăniloae commentsand interprets Maximus’ insights that are fundamental for the Romanian orthodoxecclesiology and ritual actions of the Orthodox Liturgy. Though it contains references andquotations from other authors too, one can easily notice that the backbone of Stăniloae’swork is represented by Mystagogia. In a similar way as Maximus, Stăniloae starts hiswork discussing the visible aspect of the Church in a preliminary section and then passesto discuss the spiritual and mystagogical aspects of the Church with a special focus on theLiturgy.

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