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Patterns of Repentance in Luke’s Gospel, underlined in Prayers of Preparation to receive Holy Communion

Author(s): Ilie Melniciuc-Puică / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The Gospel of Luke, with its universal message addressed to Jews and Gentiles alike, has been an “invitation” to Christian introspection and fortification. Christian cultic ministry has recorded the reception of the biblical text in its most condensed form, the history of the reception of the biblical text being carefully filtered. This study traces how events recorded in the Gospel of Luke have become paradigms of repentance over time in the preparation of the believer for Holy Communion. We have, therefore, the 24 chapters of St. Luke's Gospel and the 12 prayers preceding Holy Communion. Word-marks introduce the reader to the state of mind of the sinful woman, the prodigal son, the tax collector Zacchaeus and the robber (κακοῦργος) who has “repented”.

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Coordonate exegetice pe marginea unui text controversat: Iezechiel 20, 25

Author(s): Marius Magherca / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Dans cette étude j’ai essayé de déchiffrer l’un des plus difficiles textes du livre duprophète Ezéchiel (20,25), qui a soulevé de nombreuses controverses dans le groupe desexégètes juifs, mais aussi parmi les exégètes chrétiens. Le verset fait partie d’un amplediscours où le prophète expose une véritable « théologie de l’histoire » du peuple d’Israël, secondé de moments de chute de celui-ci qui sont gravement sanctionnés. Le message de Dieu transmis par l’intermédiaire d’Ezéchiel ne peut être déchiffré que dans la lumière de lacompréhension exacte de la Loi mosaïque qui est « pédagogue vers le Christ » (Gal. 3,24).

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Modul de raportare al Sfântului Grigorie Palama la Sfânta Scriptură

Author(s): Sofian Gaman / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Regarding the way Saint Gregory Palamas interacts with the Holy Scripture we notice that he is similar to other Great Fathers of the Church before him, for the reason that, when he refers to the word of God expressed in the Scriptures, he constantly seeks the correct exposition of the dogmas or the spiritual benefit of his readers; and he is not concerned about doing critical exegesis on the text. This study presents some particular aspects which reveal the mode Saint Gregory Palamas approaches the Holy Scripture: the view on the corpus of the writings contained in the Holy Scripture as a unitary whole, the adjectives used for describing the Scripture, the quotation from the text or the simple references to a certain passage, the revealing character of the Bible and the authority of its content and the personal interaction of Saint Gregory Palamas with the truth expressed by the Holy Scripture.

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Călătoria Sf. Pavel în Arabia (Gal. 1, 15-17): scop, durată, importanță

Author(s): Andrei Zlăvog / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The call of Paul by Christ to the apostolate, but also the reception of this call, are essential moments in the complex process of transforming a candidate into an apostle. Stating that “...the most important ones did not add anything to my Gospel” Gal. 2: 6b, it is necessary to find out the way in which Paul came into possession of the evangelical truths, after the moment of conversion, which is also the moment of his call to the apostolate. By other means and under other conditions, Paul enjoyed a training similar to that of the Twelve. Considering that the Apostle's training took place over a longer period of time,beginning with the time of revelation on the road to Damascus, a period omitted entirely byLuke in Acts 9, but mentioned by Paul in Gal. 1:17b, this research seeks to determine thepurpose, duration and significance of Paul's journey to Arabia.Comparative analysis of the comments on the Acts of the Apostles by Craig Keener,N.T. Wright, Ajith Fernando and the comments on the Epistle to the Galatians by VasileMihoc and Mihai Ciurea, provide pertinent answers to the unknown aspects of St. Paul'spresence in Arabia, proving through indisputable testimonies the divine origin of theapostolate and the evangelical message.

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Symeon. The “New Theologian”. A Sign of Contradiction

Author(s): Pablo Argárate / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Symeon is representative of Christian maximalism, which makes no concessions to human weakness. Preacher of the μετάνοια, in love with Christ, he directs himself entirely to the vision of God or the vision of light. Therefore, on every page of his writing, he never tires of asking his readers and listeners to renounce everything in order to receive the Holy Spirit. Only through the possession of the Spirit is the perfect transformation to be achieved, which makes us into gods.

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Rugăciunea și comuniunea omului cu Dumnezeu

Author(s): Ilche Micevski-Ignat / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Man is created for communion with God. Communion with God is essential to man's spiritual life and salvation. If man does not maintain his communion with God, he moves away not only from God but also from those close to him. Removal from God creates a meaningless life, and man is left with only the meaning and purpose of material and transient things. In addition to the many virtues that the Christian has as a means of salvation, prayer is one of them through which man returns to God or remains in constant communion with Him. Prayer is the virtue that keeps man close to God. Through prayer, man is in a dialogue with God and is always close to God. Prayer to God and communion with God are not excluded, but are an essential part of the relationship between God and man.

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Pnevmatic experience in prayer from the perspective of Orthodox theology and Pentecostal theology. Missiological evaluation

Author(s): Alexandru Baciu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Man, created by God in His image, is by excellence a Eucharistic and liturgical being, and his purpose is to glorify God in prayer. Prayer, from the perspective of Orthodox theology, is not only a form of dialogue with God, it is also a spiritual union with Him. It is a work of the Holy Trinity in man (Revelation 3: 20). Philocalic parents say that it is a gift, a spiritual food for the mind, a way of existence of the new man reborn by grace, the sight of the unseen, trust in what is desired, the feast of angels, the fruit of joy and thanksgiving, the appearance of God and for His work is one, the work of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, who worketh all in Jesus Christ. It is, after all, an act of faith, but especially of love. From the perspective of Pentecostal theology, prayer is the most important spiritual activity of the congregation, but also of the believer alone. It encompasses and captures any other activity and expresses the emotional richness of the Christian. According to Steven Jack Land, “Pentecostal prayer” is exalted (performed) in three forms, modeling and expressing “Pentecostal affections” (gratitude, compassion, and courage) each in its own way. These forms are: with understood words, often articulated, expressing gratitude, without words concretized in sighs, sighs showing compassion, and with misunderstood words as an expression of the acquisition of the gift of speaking in tongues, often emphasizing courage, confidence and hope.

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Contemporanii Sfântului Grigorie Palama. Perspectivă istorică și teologică

Author(s): Cristian-Alexandru Barnea / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

He who delves into the writings of St. Gregory Palamas and strives to understand the meaning of his theology, cannot fail to remain, at one point, amazed by the beauty of such inspired and enlightened thinking, contemplating the richness of Godʼs work through the people who are opening themselves to him with all their being. Meeting Saint Gregory Palamas through his writings and knowing his life will always raise the question: how did a man manage to reach such an experience of spiritual life? How did he enlarge his heart to accommodate so much light of divine grace? What were the important moments in his life that brought him so close to God, but, above all, who were the people who shaped the personality of the great Thessalonian hierarch throughout his life?

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Creștinul, între viața lăuntrică și implicarea socială. Angajarea în dezbaterile despre statutul copilului nenăscut

Author(s): Emanuel Buta / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

This article aims to explore the place of the Christians in society, especially regarding their involvement in the debates about the status of the unborn child. The paper assesses two opposing ways of understanding the Christian life – one of them being that of focusing only on the inner life and repenting for the personal sins, and the other one being that of active involvement in social issues, without counting the progress in personal life. It is argued that the best way is the middle one, the way of equilibrium, which appeals to discernment and which unites the spiritual inner life with social participation, particularly on the problem of denying the unborn child’s dignity from our society.

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Jan Patočka a Česká mysl

Author(s): Petr Jemelka / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The paper focuses on the beginning of Patočka’s philosophical career. It is an attempt at a brief evaluation of Patočka’s publication activity on the pages of our first philosophical magazine – Česká mysl. His pages provided space for Patočka’s publishing debut, and subsequently Jan Patočka became a member of the editorial board of this important Czech philosophical magazine. The paper is based on a detailed analysis of Patočka’s articles and other shorter texts (reviews) published in the journal since 1928. It also notes the problem of critical acceptance of phenomenology in Czech philosophy. Patočka’s significant book The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem was thus accepted only after the war.

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Două practici ale vieții duhovnicești: atenția asupra propriei vieți și starea de priveghere. Importanța lor în viața duhovnicească

Author(s): Alexandru Crețu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The importance of paying attention to one's life is important because it is meant to keep the believer more and more from remaining in the way of the Lord. In the writings of the New Testament, the phrase „remembering yourself” is used at least eight times, and in three of these places it is used by the Savior Jesus Christ. In the writings of the New Testament, the call to vigilance refers, on the one hand, to the vigilance or wakefulness of the body (to dedicate that time to prayer), and, on the other hand, to the vigilance of the soul, mind, or conscience. to be prepared for the battle with the enemy and always ready to leave this world). This exhortation was used by the Savior in His tenfold speeches, and in the rest of the New Testament writings we find it used at least ten more times. By the exhortations to watch over the body, the Savior did not mean a permanent deprivation of sleep, but the prolongation of the waking state of the body in order to to dedicate that time to prayer.

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The Sacramental Mission of the Orthodox Church in Contemporary Europe

Author(s): Mihai Hirt / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In order to establish correctly the present context of the Church's testimony, it is necessary to establish briefly the pluralism and tolerance within modernism and the dialectic between modernism and post-modernism. For this reason, this issue can be addressed by referring to the contrast between pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism. If we keep talking about a new economy, we will soon be able to talk about a new Christianity. Not so much from a dogmatic point of view, but rather from a racial distribution. By superimposing this reality on the effects of globalization and the rise of Islam, we will be able to witness the return to that system of transnational order in the Middle Ages, which disappeared with the advent of the nation-state system and the rise of secularism Under the current conditions, political affiliation will become less and less relevant, and religious affiliation will become much more important. The concept of the national state is extremely vulnerable. Likewise, the connection between a certain political entity and a certain denomination will become irrelevant. From this point of view, it is very interesting to speculate on the evolution of the Orthodox Churches, which identify extremely much with the national village. Given the universal vocation of Christianity, this formula is somewhat unfortunate and gives rise to unnecessary antagonisms.

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L'expérience de la rencontre de Dieu: convergences entre la théologie patristique et la spiritualité pentecôtiste

Author(s): Adrian Leș / Language(s): French Publication Year: 0

La ressemblance entre les expériences spirituelles décrites par de nombreux Pères de l'Église et la manifestation du Saint-Esprit dans les nouveaux mouvements charismatiques a déjà été remarquée par certains théologiens. Cette étude vise à découvrir et analyser les congruences que l'on peut remarquer entreles écrits concernant la théologie de la déification de trois Pères qui sont représentatifs pour trois périodes marcantes de l'histoire de l'Église et les spécificités de la manifestation spirituelle pentecôtiste. L'importance de vivre en Dieu et avec Dieu, le salut compris comme relation decommunion entre l'homme et Dieu, l'oeuvre de l'Esprit Saint dans la personne humaine et les expériences qui peuvent découler de cette synergie (diverses formes d'extase mystique) nesont que quelques thèmes communs aux deux théologies que cette étude développera. Même s'il y a des caractéristiques très difficiles à conjuguer avec la théologie et la pensée patristique, dans son processus d'auto-définition théologique, en l'occurrencedans la compréhension de sa propre théologie expérientielle ou mystique, il semble que le pentecôtisme semble plus proche de la théologie patristique qu'il ne l'aurait imaginé luimême.

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Rugăciunea pentru cei adormiţi, legătura iubirii între cer şi pământ, exprimată în Sfânta Scriptură şi Sfânta Tradiţie

Author(s): Cristin-Ioan Loghin / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In Orthodoxy, the cult of the deceaseds has a special importance and scope. After the death of a person, the soul, by being eternal, remains in touch with the Church. The foundations of prayer and worship for those who passed are the following: a) Christian love; b) the example of practicing the prayers ones for each other, especially in difficult times of trial; c) man's dialogical relationship with God; d) the command received to pray for one another; e) the pedagogy of God's sacrificial love for us and f) heaven and hell are states and places of good and evil. The duty of the living to pray for the deceased is a constant mark in the life of the Church. This teaching has always existed and has been transposed into the practice of the Church. Patristic literature confirms not only the existence but also the practice of prayers for the passed ones. Also, the Holy Scriptures, both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, often speak of prayers and almsgiving for the deceaseds. The Holy Church, through the worship of the deceased, realizes an extraordinary spiritual connection between the living members and the deceased members, united by love for Christ and living in Christ. At the same time, this practice is a real school, where all Christians have learned generation after generation, which no one and nothing could tear down, but over the centuries, it has become stronger.

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Rugăciunea și creștinismul românesc în viziunea lui Simeon Mehedinți

Author(s): Ioan Puiu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

How the prayer and the work of the Church was seen at the beginning of the XX century by the great researcher and teacher Simeon Mehedinți, the one that said “the value of one people, and also of every human in part, can be measured by how much one understood from the Gospels and how much he can follow Christ” and which were the experiences that led him to this conclusion? Which were the role and the place of the Church among the public institutions from Simeon Mehedinți point of view, who considered Christianity “the safest background for both individual and national progress”? Which are the differences between Catholics, other nations of Cristian-orthodox and Romanian Orthodoxy, “the one that do not know the narrow sight of pharisees” and whose beliefs are “appropriate for a healthy man, who enjoys the gifts of life (which is far from both the intolerance and decadence of other peoples)”? This study presents Simeon Mehedinți vision upon prayer and identifies, compares and makes an analyses of Romanian Christian orthodoxy traits, considering other Christian peoples and other religions.

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A missionary perspective of the importance that spiritual growth has in the lives of the faithful in accordance to the writings of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Author(s): Simeon Purice / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This paper analyses from a missionary perspective, in accordance to the writings of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the importance that spiritual growth has in the lives of the faithful. The growth of the Church can be explained through the synergic collaboration of God with man, through the appropriation of the gospel by the faithful, who were models of Christ to the people of the world. Thus, the mission was fulfilled through the exemplary lives of Christians, the love of God being made accessible to them for the ones of the world. Expressing their faith through an authentic spirituality, Christians taught there neighbours righteousness, simplicity and innocence. They showed the world a certain way of living, but also of dying. They were present and in solidarity with their society, but also harmonizing their lives with the exigence of the gospel. The height of the spiritual lives of the faithful is a historical permanentization of the reality of the incarnation of the Son of God in the world, making possible the mission of the Church by the Grace of the Holy Spirit.

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«As an Angel of Light», Imagination and Discernment at Prayer. An Essay in Comparison between Diadochus of Photike and Symeon the New Theologian

Author(s): Marcelo Singh / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In 2 Corinthians 11: 14 Saint Paul warns us about the tricks of Satan that can disguise himself as an angel of light. The exegesis of this text raises in some authors a reflection about the necessity of discernment during prayer. Imagination could bring confusion and misunderstanding, and could particularly become an open door for the bad spirit into the human soul. This is the problem that Diadochus of Photike points out. In his One Hundred practical texts, he explicitly refers to the Angel of Light (chapter 40). First, I intend to read this expression in the context of the same work, including a fundamental study of “imagination” (φαντασία) and “discernment” (διάκρισις). For the second part, I will introduce the exegesis of 2 Corinthians in Symeon the New Theologian, taking his teaching of Ethics XV, 89 as a basis: «Taste and see that who is darkness, presents himself to the imagination in the form of an angel of light» (ἄγγελον φωτός).

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The ascetic dimensions of the prayer within the theology of Saint Simeon the New Theologian

Author(s): Cristian Petcu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

For Saint Simeon the New Theologian, the prayer is a spiritual path by means of which the one who chooses to follow this path destroys the passions of the body. In the thoughts of the holy father, the prayer is not a work that belongs to the human mind or that pertains to reason by which man intuitively follows the path of life received as a gift from God, as it is neither just an expression of the heart that expresses the need to be in dialogue with God, but represents a whole range of manifestations of light by means of which the soul of the believer unites with God in holy communion. The prayer, in the vision of Saint Simeon, is the path that bestows upon man the joy and peace of the Holy Spirit, with the aid of which the feeling of solitude is banished and the certainty of the divine omnipresence is acquired. As such, the prayer remains a model of conscientiousness and uplifting of life, as well as the virtuous way of living, which spiritually nourishes the faith and the love as well as for God as for all fellow human beings. Therefore, for Saint Simeon the New Theologian, the prayer is the best argument for taking the path of Jesus Christ, the One Who enlightens by means of prayer the reason of man, which helps him to delve into the depths of scriptural and church teachings and which becomes the source of all spiritual joys. In this study, we aim to highlight the importance of the ascetic model of Saint Simeon the New Theologian, a model by means of which this Father of the Holy Church put prayer in a whole new light from the perspective of seeing God within light.

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Sfântul Cuvios Paisie Velicicovschi, promotor al isihasmului neamțean

Author(s): Benedict Sauciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The life of Saint Paisie is very well known and he dedicated himself to God from his youth. During his time in Mount Athos he discovered the work and thoughts of Saint Gregory Palamas and decided to adopt the hesychastic way of life. His coming to Neamt Monastery as a abbot gave him the possibility to practice Lord’s Prayer and the hesychastic spirituality. The paper underlines much of his work done during his abbacy at Neamt Monastery.

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Înmormântarea mirenilor în Molitfelnicele Sinodale – studiu istorico-liturgic

Author(s): Dănuț-Bogdan Palcău / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Romanian Church has came up with 17 editions of the Euchologion after received the autocephaly. From the rites presented in this book, without a doubt, the one which is mostly used is the funeral of the laity. Analysing it, indifferent editions of the Euchologion, I observed that we can find some differences. On one hand, we can observe a series of differences in regards to the structure on which this rites is build, and on the other hand, the changes can be observed on the content of particular elements. The proposed study contains an inventory of all the differences, highlighting them in a systematical way. At the same time, a question related to the root-cause of these differences is born. The secondary purpose of this study, having the same value as the one above, is to show the origin of all these differences. With this approach, we propose to present the way in which the desire for correcting and improving the writings has been born, in regards to the funeral of laity, in the synodal Euchologions.

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