TEOLOGIA SACRAMENTALĂ SAU RAȚIUNEA DE A FI A BISERICII
THE SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY OR THE REASON OF BEING OF THE CHURCH

Summary/Abstract: Our Orthodox sacramental theology is based, from the beginning, on the belief that God can and expressly wants to work on creatures in visible forms, through matter and not just through the invisible spiritual dimension. God's work is always manifested completely, that is, twice: materially and spiritually at the same time. Christ, the source and perpetrator of the Mysteries, is and remains forever God and man, absolute spirit and transfigured matter. He always works and communicates with His whole person, He cannot be divided. No act, no work of His on man can be purely spiritual; this division is a simple theory, an abstraction that does not happen in reality. The sacramental Orthodox teaching is therefore based on the conception of the unity, connection, communication and creative intimacy of the creature with the Creator.

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