Words of Truth. The Healing Role of the Sacred Language
Words of Truth. The Healing Role of the Sacred Language

Author(s): Dan SANDU
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Jesus; restoration; healing; word; church; prayer; salvation;
Summary/Abstract: The restorative work in the Orthodox Church finds its origins in the earthly practice of Jesus Christ, whose ministry was a continuous series of healings – a natural outcome of divine mercy toward afflicted human nature. According to St. John Chrysostom’s interpretation of the healing of the paralytic (Matthew 9, 1-8), it is the soul’s restoration that is the hardest to accomplish, and the physical healing follows naturally from this. The Church has promoted and deepened the Word of Scriptures through painting, which serve as the beautiful means of therapy in visual form. The Word is divine, while the word has divine origin, and can be expressed in poetry, acting, music, writing and proclaiming, most of them in the context of such an amazing liturgical life. The Orthodox Church has embraced the Word of Scriptures, adorned it with music and hymns, dogmatic formulas which are to be proclaimed towards the people of God, who need comfort, healing and eventually salvation. When one prays, one’s soul raises up to heavenly realms; when more people pray, the visible and invisible “Church” join in, becoming an environment and a form of therapy that rescues and promotes well-being here and a sense of safety in the age to come.

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