Journals of Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
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Church, Minjung and State
Get PDFThe issue of church and state takes us to the heart of the mission because the Gospel is the good news in every part of human life and society. Throughout the history of the Church in Korea, the issues of church and state, religion and society have been deeply connected to the development of the Korean churches. Indeed, an important factor in Christianity"™s success in Korea has been its frequent identification with political movements promoting Korean nationalism, independence, democracy, and Korean reunification. Especially in Northern Korea before the division of the peninsula in 1945, and in North Korea after it, the church-state relationship has been one of the crucial issues determining the fate of the churches. It is the purpose of this article to introduce the revival of Protestant Christianity in North Korea in the Communist context, with special reference to issues of church and state.
Keywords: Church and State, Protestant Christianity, North Korea, Gospe
The Position of Father Dumitru Staniloae on the Theophanies and Marian Apparitions of His Times
Get PDFDuring the interwar period, as well as the communist dictatorship, a number of miraculous apparitions occurred in Romania "“ both theophanies and Marian apparitions. They generated "spiritual awakening" movements among the members of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Such instances were the visions of shepherd Petre Lupu of Maglavit (1935), the visions of Mother Veronica of Vladimirești Monastery (1937), and those of sister Virginia, respectively, which resulted in the establishment of the "New Jerusalem" Monastery at Pucioasa (1955). Like similar phenomena within the Roman-Catholic world, theophanies and Marian apparitions in Romania divided the lay and ecclesiastic elites by generating divergent opinions. This study presents the position of Father Dumitru Stăniloae on these unusual phenomena and their adherents. It is a very difficult issue, generally avoided by theological research as it presupposes a nuanced interpretation, like the one offered by the great theologian on the grounds of his vast erudition and deep theological insights, as well as his personal religious experience.
Keywords: Dumitru Staniloae, Theophanies, Marian Apparitions, Romanian Orthodox
"Comunitatea creÅŸtină primară" versus "societatea contemporană". O comparaÅ£ie în lumina cărÅ£ii Faptele Apostolilor
Get PDFThroughout the ages, many adherents, conquered by the beauty of two basic principles underlying the first Christian community, namely equality and fraternity, attempted to build some commnunities, alike those of first centuries, masterly described in Acts of the Apostles. However, all these attempts were doomed to failure.In this context, various questions arise: Why did these attempts of building such communities fail? Can such Christian communities be built nowadays?In order to answer these questions, I will begin by describing the life of the first Christian community, following that, in the next chapters of the paper, to recall the guild community, the so-called "Christian communism society", built in North America in the sixteenth and nineteenth century, and about Communist society. Only in the last part of the paper, I will try to answer the question "Can such Christian communities be built nowadays?", whereas, I believe that, in order to answer this question, it is necessary to know how such communities changed history
"Așa zice Domnul...!" "“ o perspectivă imperativă a cărții Faptele apostolilor
Get PDFThe article approaches the using of the expression "this is what the Lord says..!" and also other expressions that indicates the Words of God, all of them found in the Book of Acts.The article argues that the using of these expressions, in the redaction of the Book of Acts, is not incidental, but the expressions are chosen with attention and exposes the concern of the Apostles: receiving correctly the words of God, obeying God"™s Word and communicate His Word untainted. The using of an expression that indicates the speech of God, "this is what the Lord says"¦!", is not an element of novelty in the Book of Acts. The presence of this expression is a continuity of a prophetic tradition of the Old Testament writings. This solemn expression "“ "this is what the Lord says"¦!" "“ shows that the following is a divinely inspired word. The article analyzes the imperative nature of the expressions which indicates the speech of God and proves the exigence in treating these expressions
Goim și Ruah Hakodeș în Isaia 40, 6-8; 12-18
Get PDFABSTRACT. Questions regarding the Holy Spirit are usually answered on the basis of the New Testament. This is as it should be up to a point, for the New Testament has much to say concerning the Third Person of the Godhead. However, the Old Testament has much to say concerning the Holy Spirit, and its testimony should not be overlooked. The Holy Scripture is the Book of books and its two Testaments are merely closed related. The Old Testament provides the background and basis for New Testament truth, while the New Testament expands and enlarges on seed-forms of thought set forth in the Old Testament. Also, the subject of the person and work of the Holy Spirit is always important for study, for He is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, which indwells the Christian and gives daily guidance and enablement. The fact that the Holy Spirit is a Person and not merely an influence, force, or power is important to recognize and we can recognize Him as Person and His holy work in the Old Testament from the beginning of the Creation (Fac 1, 2), to the period of Patriarchs, from Moses to Samuel, in the United Monarchy and the Divided Monarchy and in the Exilic and Postexilic Period. In the isainic corpus we can identify the Person and work of Holy Spirit resting upon the Person of Mesaiah, but also in His holy work to regenerate the human being
Unitatea lumii contemporane în lumina rugăciunii arhierești a Mântuitorului: "ca toți să fie una" (Ioan 17, 21)
Get PDFABSTRACT: The subject to be addressed in this paper refers directly to the Lord"™s Prayer before His Passion, a reflection of Jesus"™ care for the mission that should always be comparable to Him. If, in the apostolic period, the exhortation was obeyed, with all who professed Christ having a common goal, not the same can be said of their offsprings, Christian history being often turmoiled, and the consequences have been manifested to the personal level. The purpose of this article is to examine the concept of unity of believers, stemming from the pattern of reciprocity of the Father and the Son, the source of unity and its essential element. The purpose of this unity is to bring joy to believers and motivate them to mission in the world. The topic deserves to be explored carefully, especially in the contemporary context, to know where we are in our interpersonal relationships. The Savior"™s requirement that His followers be united is quoted from all the church pulpits, but sometimes questions remain unanswered
Identitate națională și ecclesială
Get PDFAfter many decades in which the idea of a nation-state seemed to be proven wrong or, in the best case, vague, it is now being reassessed by a wave of right-wing populism. Many of its sympathizers may regard themselves as Christians. The Church has to take a position on this. She faces a latent question today, in view of the national cultures the Church herself helped to engender: Isn"™t it the case that even the concept of a national culture contradicts Christianity"™s universalist claims? If it is, than as local Churches have now matured, the further question seems to arise if it is "“ or if it should be "“ possible to drop out, repulse or refute those cultural goods that are stained by "œnational character". The present analysis will argue that the national does not run against the universal, that "œnationalism" still possess another equally legitimate sense, besides the one of the ideology, and that this more or less lost sense was not condemned by the Holy Synod from 1872. Finally, it will be shown why even Christ endorsed the nation as a form of communion
Etica Vechiului Testament ca indice de valorificare umană pentru deconstrucÅ£ia unei înÅ£elegeri seculare a drepturilor omului. Un punct de vedere ortodox
Get PDFABSTRACT: The following study takes a look at the particularity of divine nature of human rights, a hotly debated topic of our days. YHWH through the Law of Moses, o er some sorts of rights for the man created into His Image (Iș 21, 16; Dt 24, 7; Lv 25, 42; 2 Rg 15, 19; 1 Par 29, 15; Ps 94, 5-6; 146, 9; Ir 7, 6; Za 7, 10; Mal 3, 5), in order to emphasize the freedom and dignity of humankind. Human Rights, by it"™s divine nature, cannot be actual without bolding the necessity of integrating into a religious and inspired background. e secularism of Human Rights in our days, emerge through a point where it cannot have a global application "“ the right of rich people, the right of capitalism, violates the dignity of the weak. Overtaking this vicious mode of contextualization the concept of Human Rights, needs to be realised without any delays, an we can do that if we rediscover the roots of Human Rights. e Jews (people of God) succeded to apply it on a global scale, where nobody was discriminated, even strangers and slaves bene t on it. Taking everything into consideration, we can sum up by saying that the only path of transgressing it"™s by recognition the importance of the right to sanctity: the moral man it"™s the only one who respect the dignity of others by his way of life, this human behavior of sanctity, will never eclipse the freedom and dignity of others. By ignoring this vision, we will face with an end of the contemporary Human Rights, because it"™s fallacies
Alexandru Prelipcean, Romanos"™ Renaissance. From the beginning to the present: Bibliography about Romanos the Melodist, in col. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte (vol. 61), edited by Martin Tamcke, Lit Verlag, Zürich, 2019, 82 pages, ISBN 978-3
Get PDFPhilotheos Kokkinos"™s hypomnÄ“ma on Saint Nikodemos the Younger (BHG 2307)
Get PDFPhilotheos Kokkinos was one of the most prolific late-Byzantine hagiographers, who eulogized saints of old, as well as contemporaneous holy figures. He dedicated the first among his vitae of contemporaneous saints to the little-known holy man Nikodemos the Younger from the Philokalles monastery in Thessalonike. While superior of this monastery, Kokkinos gathered information about the holy man"™s life and arranged it into the form of a short vita, titled hypomnÄ“ma (BHG 2307). This article analyzes the ways in which Kokkinos constructed an identity in narrative form for Nikodemos, exploring elements of holy foolery, hesychast influences, the miracle accounts weaved into the narrative, as well as its intended audience.
Keywords: Philotheos Kokkinos, late Byzantium, hagiography, hesychasm, hypomnēma, narrative structure, Nikodemos the Younger, holy fool, miracle