Journals of Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
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The Christology of St. Isaac of Niniveh and the East Syriac Theology of the 7-8th centuries
Get PDFIsaac of Niniveh is one of the most prominent East Syriac author, whose dates go to a complex historical and religious time (7-8thcenturies) "“ the Arab conquest and the West Syriac proselytism, and yet a period of flourishing theological literature. His discourses have a practical perspective and they may be easily lectured as a gnoseological-mystical itinerary, communicated in a technical language, in a line of a specific tradition(s). Theologically speaking, the possibility of achieving divine knowledge can be expressed only within the Christological frame, as Christ is the perfect Man and perfect God, and any human knowledge resides in Him. In consequence, it is dependent on the way one expresses the relation between Christ"™s two natures (communicatio idiomatum). Isaac of Niniveh does not systematically deal with Christology, but one may identify in his discourses an attitude, a phraseology, and a mystic theology, in consequence, described as divine knowledge, perception and vision. In this paper we will deal with Isaac"™s Christological perspective in the frame of the Christological disputes of his time, and, in consequence, we will search for identifying the type of mystics he professes.
Keywords: Christology, incarnation, dwelling, dyophysitism, deification
Măreția spiritului românesc exprimată prin dragostea de neam și ortodoxie
Get PDFAs the birth and growth of a child teaches a parent to respect his neighbor"™s child, so the love of nation and country teaches us to respect other denominations of confession. A form of patriotism is the preservation of the ancestral belief that we have received from the ancestors, even if sometimes we are tempted for material advantage to renounce it. Like any form of the unique love of God, the love of nation and country is a way of uniting the great human race. The participation of the Romanian in the religious life was not only a mechanical function, but a spiritual mission, accepted by an act of faith and an act of continuous will. Orthodox Romanians, in the spirit of Christian love and wisdom, have a duty to live in communion with those of the Risen, but at the same time to have a dialogue with the West to avoid isolation. Those who do otherwise risk losing their own
Identitatea națională și patriotismul
Get PDFNational identity is closely related to Romanian patriotism, in the sense of love and devotion to the homeland and the people. This makes any defense for the territory to be an expression of loyalty to the homeland, national unity being synonymous with the defense of national identity. Romanian national feeling was and is channeled to stimulate the creative forces of the nation, of his qualities. Thus, the Romanian nation participated with the overall progress of human dignity, the specific path, along with other nations. Members of the Romanian nation had and have a strong national sentiment that expresses the vision and national consciousness. National identity is based among other on defining elements as religion and membership in the local Christian community. The Orthodox Church has had a key role in maintaining national unity in different historical periods, particularly those under threat of foreign domination. The best examples for this are the witnesses of truth in difficult periods of time. Aspazia Oțel Petrescu can be considered a true model of Orthodoxy of faith through her own life. Regardless of her experiences in the extreme situations of Communist prisons, she has not lost her faith and she did not deny it. Throughout her life it can be considered a true model of Christian patriotism for Christians today
Kyiv Theological Academy in 1869-1884
Get PDFThe article reveals the history of Kyiv Theological Academy "“ the only higher educational institution of the Orthodox Church. It functioned on Ukrainian lands of the Russian Empire. Based on the analysis of historical and pedagogical literature, archive materials and documents placed in periodicals, the paper depicts theological education at Kyiv Theological Academy in general and focuses on pedagogical training that was organized there within 1869-84. Study of Pedagogy as a compulsory subject and taking special practical classes on the 4thyear are considered to be main components of pedagogical education at a higher theological educational institution. The paper reveals the content of Pedagogy, forms, and methods of teaching Pedagogy and peculiarities of staffing. The article focuses on the attempt of lecturers of Kyiv Theological Academy to organize students"™ pedagogical practice at the local seminary, advantages, and disadvantages of pedagogical education at Kyiv Theological Academy and the level of education there compared with universities.
Keywords: Kyiv Theological Academy, Pedagogy, pedagogical education, special practical classes, theological education, form of education
Preacinstirea Născătoarei de Dumnezeu reflectată în imnografia Praznicului Adormirii Maicii Domnului
Get PDFThe doctrine about the Holy Virgin Mary forms a substantial and a very important chapter of Christian theology, which has been enriched, analyzed and synthesized, in different contexts, by some Theologians and specialists in Mariology. The figure of the Mother of God is presented in the entire life of the Church, although we are speaking about the internal or the external liturgical service. She has occupied a determinant place in the heart of the believers, in personal piety or godliness, even from her life and especially after Her Assumption. This article tries to analyze the elements of the hymnography from this feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, to demonstrate the significance of this Holy feast and also the importance of the person of Holy Mother of God in the liturgical and sacramental life of the Orthodox Church
Unitate și diversitate în cântarea liturgică din Biserica Ortodoxă Română
Get PDFMusic and singing are inseparable, the text being on the first place. The singing of words, their living, works wonderfully on the soul, the Christian truths deeply penetrating the heart of the believer, as the Blessed Augustine says. The appearance of the Byzantine music in Romania is closely related to the appearance and spread of Christianity on the territory of our country. The liturgical song of the Orthodox Church has holy sources, being filtered by the experiences of the Romanian soul. The result of this selection was the appearance of a traditional melos performed by national church music heroes, Macarie Ieromonahul and Anton Pann. The old church singers worked and enriched the old music of the Eastern Church according to the musical genius and the practical Romanian genius, we having the duty to preserve, cultivate and develop this singing, identified with the "œRomanian and religious taste and sense" as Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu said
"˜Global North and Global South"™
Get PDFThe paper explores the metaphors of Global South and North. Looking at earlier terms such as the first, second and third world and identifying the changes coming with the shift of gravity in World Christianity and those after the year 1989 as important moments to start speaking of global Christianity, Global North and South, it is not the geography of places but the interrelations "“ economic, political, cultural, religious - of the various contexts which determine a meaningful usage of these terms. The interrelations are used as a background to discuss the paradigm of "˜mission from the margins"™ from the perspective of the author who hails from Northeast India - considered to be part of the global South "“ and working in a centre for mission studies in the Global North.
Keywords: global Christianity, Global South, Global North, postcolonial, mission from the margins
 
The Place of Students and Workers Activism in Politics
Get PDFHistory has revealed that overtime Students and Workers through their activism have played a significant role in politics as they have acted as checks in any political dispensation that is against the common interest. This is because while the proletariats (workers) produce the wealth plundered by those in authority, the students form the literati, on whose shoulders rest the conscience of the society. It was in line with this mandate that in the 19thCentury, Russian students were at the forefront of the struggle against the Czars"™ exploitative and dictatorial social system. Similarly, Chinese students constituted the most active groups in the fight against feudalism and Japanese colonization. In the 1960s, students took up arms in opposition to inhumane Western consumer societies and their exploitation and repression of the poor, black and yellow races. Also, American students were actively involved in the civil right movements, especially in the Southern parts. Under the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) they created a climate of opinion about the Vietnam War which the American people could not ignore. In Africa, outbursts in Mali, Zaire, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and South Africa have shown students and workers as an important factor in decolonization politics. This is because the oppressive policies of the state have most often further impoverish them both physically and psychologically. However, with the attainment of Independence, this role has been crippled by the forces which they paper intends to interrogate. Data obtained from primary and secondary sources were deployed to carry out the study with an analytical and narrative historical method. Findings indicate that oppressive politics has been the major factor that stimulated their role in politics especially during the decolonization process and that in the neocolonial state, emerging forces and policies of the government are directed at destroying this role.
Keywords: Workers, Students, Governance, Politic
Drepturile omului între antropologia ortodoxă și raționalismul occidental
Get PDFIn this paper we will address one of the most discussed issues of the last 80 years, namely human rights. The preoccupation on this subject, taking advantage of Orthodox and Christian theology, involves an approach to anthropological premises. Human dignity is considered to be the purpose of human rights. This is mentioned in the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the document itself does not define precisely the subject of rights, namely man. The Orthodox perspective admits that human dignity springs from the quality of the man"™s image of the Creator (Fc. 1, 27), and a harmful life is an endless prosperity to perfection. The foundation of human rights can only be sought in human nature, and the ultimate hope of the person and humanity can only materialize in God. Although Orthodox doctrine is consistent with the core points of human rights (life, freedom, self-determination, equality, etc.), it does not subscribe to everything that is proposed as "œhuman rights", especially when human nature is redefined. The placement of human rights on such a theoretical pedestal is rather simplified. The zeal of reason appears as a substitute for the faith. Removing a concrete man in the name of humanity is an absurd ideology that ultimately becomes anti- Christian and inhumane
Manifestări ale românilor bihoreni împotriva legislației anti-românești apponyiene (1907 - 1908)
Get PDFThe Austro-Hungarian dualism (1867-1918) was for the Transylvanians` history a crucial point. For the orthodox confessional Education the hard times begin in 1907 when the Hungarian Parliament, at the initiative of Apponyi, approves a law that intends to transform the confessional Romanian schools into a state`s institution that uses Hungarian as teaching language. Therefore, the Romanians from Transylvania showed their vehement disapproval, a proof of this, being the various protests from the region, also mentioned in the publications of those times. Although the laws were active only three years, the consequences were bad for the Orthodox confessional learning system from Transylvania, as 459 confessional schools had to be abrogated