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Statutul sacru al Vieții în dinamica Darului. Aspecte etice și bioetice
The sacred status of Life in the dynamics of the Gift. Ethical and bioethical aspects

Author(s): Ciprian-Valentin Nicoarã
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Arhiepiscopia Bucureștilor
Keywords: Gift; life; Christ – the Source and Renewal of Life; the connection between earthly life and eternal life;the participation of human life in divine life;

Summary/Abstract: Life is a sacred gift because it springs from the Divine Life, God being the One who enhances the life of created existences. Although the man, member of contemporary society, is moving further and further away from the natural, teantropic meaning of life – by his way of being and by his interrelation with the other existential structures –, he must remain conscious of his origin and the telos or transcendental destiny of his life. It is imperative that, during his lifetime, the man should be aware of his belonging to both the terrestrial and the sacred, divine environment; accordingly, his actions are always synergic, in a continuous dynamic of material and spiritual progress. In such a hypostasis, that lives his life as a moment of deification, the man identifies himself with the true sense of the phrase “man – crown of creation”.

  • Issue Year: 79/2020
  • Issue No: 7-9
  • Page Range: 219-230
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian