Implicații științifice și teologice ale muzicii și cântării sacre pentru viața creștină
Scientific and theological implications of sacred music and song for the Christian life

Author(s): Florentin Iustinian Jipa
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Religion and science
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: music; sacred song; hymnographers; composers; healing; psalmodia; Holy Fathers; Science and Religion;
Summary/Abstract: The study aims to identify and highlight the absolutely important role that music plays in human life, focusing on its sacred side. Music represents a common point in the encounter between science and theology, because it has physical and psychological as well as spiritual effects. The theme of the importance of music to man is not new to contemporary scholars and theologians. Both scientists, profane scholars and the Holy Fathers have shown the importance of music in human life, for the uplifting of the soul, healing and joy of the mind. The importance and relevance of the theme is evident in the fact that this topic represents a meeting between scientific research and the theological research, which helps us to understand that these fields of research are not at all in conflict, but are heading along a path, sometimes similar, sometimes different, towards their ultimate goal: the discovery of truth, knowledge of the cause, source and purpose of all creation and union with God. The conclusion is that the origin of musical art lies in the creative wisdom of God and that its purpose is more than aesthetic, it is the uplifting of man's soul to heaven, the healing of body and mind and the preparation of the heavenly kingdom.

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