Journals of Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
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Rolul memorandiștilor șișeșteni mai puțin cunoscuți în evenimentele premergătoare Marii Uniri, 1 Decembrie 1918
Get PDFThis year we will celebrate a century since Romania"™s establishment within its natural bondaries and the completion of the state unity, reaching a valuable ideal for its people. Following a thorough research, we intended to highlight the contribution that the people from Șișești had within this national movement whose purpose was to free the Romanian population in Transylvania and Hungary. We believe it is necessary to present a few details that we have managed to find until now, details which refer to the memorandists from Șișești who were part of the delegation led by the priest dr. Vasile Lucaciu. These were the people from the delegation who handed in the Romanian Memorandum in Vienna, a document through which they officially wanted to inform the king and the occidental political groups on the aspirations of the Romanians in Transylvania, including their goal to protest against the violence and abuse they were subjected to by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The memorandist movement was the most ample and efficient form of fight for the freedom of the Romanian people in Ardeal at the end of the XIXth century
Un secol de muzică românească: Gavriil Musicescu, Sabin Drăgoi, Paul Constantinescu și Ion Popescu-Runcu. Exponenți de marcă ai muzicii corale românești
Get PDFThis research wants to present in summary the most important directions in the activity of four titled creators of Romanian choral music: Gavriil Musicescu, Sabin V. Drăgoi, Paul Constantinescu and Ion Popescu-Runcu. During the concerned presentation we will not summarize to a scholastic exposure, the more so as there are already plenty of this kind of studies available in the specialized dictionaries, lexicons and biographical documents, but we"™ll try to refer to those aspects of the biography and opera of these composers which are less known or highlighted in the musicology circles of research. In the same time, we propose by the study below to make a brief comparison of the music styles of these four Romanian authors, in order to establish the resemblances and the differences betwen their choral creations. This will help us at the end of the survey to accomplish an honest stylistic perspective of these four musicians, whose compositions comprise about one century of Romanian vocal and instrumental music
Catehezele Sfântului Simeon Noul Teolog "“ diagnosticarea unei probleme ecleziale
Get PDFSaint Simeon The New Theologian is known in the Orthodox theology and beyond by his insistence and clarity with which he wishes to debate and analyse problems of the spiritual Christian life, often overlooked by the previous theologians or perhaps entrusted by them to a discretion of alloing each person to respond only in front of its own conscience. In his striking words, St. Simeon first unveils the serious problems of assuming, living and understanding the biblical teachings in the Constantinopolitan society of his time, problems that were the triggering factors of his spiritual discourse of that period, but which reflect so many human weaknesses present among believers all the time, up to our time. By this the article tries to emphasize the importance of his teachings for current Orthdox Theology
Diversitate, asemănare și unitate în scrisorile Apocalipsei (Cap. 2-3)
Get PDFThe article describes the particularities of the seven churches of Asia Minor, highlighted in the letters dictated by Christ to the Apostle and Evangelist John (Revelation 2 and 3). The differences between these churches are given by the social, political and religious context in which they lived, details which confirm the variety of expression of primary Christianity. We have also identified a series of similarities in the belief and church life, that is, certain common features and attitudes. Synergistically, the differences and similarities between these communities lead to unity based on a deeply Christological and ethical consciousness. Fundamentally derived from the teachings of the Savior and the Holy Apostles, they form a solid and lasting ecclesiology. At the paradigm level, the atmosphere and principles established then continue to energize the Church of Christ to this day and continue to do so until Parousia
Unitate și diversitate creștină în era internetului și a comunicării virtuale
Get PDFNowadays we have a wide variety of tools designed to ensure a better form of communication and relationship between people. More than ever, the feeling of communion and unity can be lived on an absolute level, because the man, as a relational being, can not exist alone, but by the continuous manifestation of love for others, in an existential unity. Although every christian has an open perspective of realising unity, we note, however, that there are more discussions of a bad and baleful reality in which unity is shaken by all theese secularizing factors. At a time when it would be expected for unity to be highlighted and noticed, because of theese many current means of communication, it manifests, on the contrary, disunion, separation and christian diversity. This article aims to analyze how the diversity and the christian unity manifests in the present, in the context of new media communication and information means of the digital world, offering a possible answer to those challenges. Is the internet a useful tool for establishing christian unity or is it an obstacle to its realization
Understanding Our Father in the context of human perfection preached in the Sermon on the Mount, according to St. Gregory of Nyssa"™s Homilies on the Lord"™s Prayer
Get PDFAbstract: It is not by chance that the prayer Our Father is recommended by Jesus Christ during the so-called Sermon on the Mount. All that has been said in this Sermon aimed at perfection: "œBe perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt. 5, 48). Viewed in this light, the Lord"™s prayer is also the prayer which is properly uttered only in a state of perfection, and even if it may be used as a mean to achieve perfection, nevertheless it is perfectly uttered only in a state of perfection; therefore, in a way, the Lord"™s prayer is the aim of the Christian life. This is the view of St. Gregory of Nyssa and this is what this article tries to argue by using the texts of this Cappadocian Father.
Keywords: Lord"™s prayer, St. Gregory of Nyssa, asceticism, perfection, parrhesia, the perfect prayer
Raiul și Iadul. Despre îndoielnica unitate și dezbinarea identităților
Get PDFThe traditional and eschatological Christian theory generally refers to an eternal separation between the righteous and the sinners after the Last Judgement. This final duality also known as the notions of Heaven and Hell stands for the ultimate word coming either from God or from man. In this context, each religious or confessional identity defines the world in terms of two big categories: "œus" (the ones who belong to this identity who own the supreme truth and all the possible ways which lead to our salvation) and "œthe others" (who broke off the true faith "“ the missbelievers, the heathens and the atheists whose way of salvation can be at least doubtful and dangerous). From this perspective, any real discourse about unity touches a superficial level, and the dialogue between various identities would highlight the separation between them rather than their communion, as long as each identity considers that it has more chances of salvation. Moreover, in our eschatological discourse, we shall prove that both communion and unity within the same Christian confession are just apparent and ephemeral. The second part of our study highlights the way in which the contemporary theologians belonging to different Christian confessions have debated the problem of the everlasting separation between people, bringing into discussion the idea of the apocatastasis as everyone"™s communion and unity into eternity
Unity and Identity in Free Evangelical Churches
No full textFree evangelical Churches emphasize the unity of the children of God. Let me put it in a nutshell: The Founder of the first Free Evangelical Church in Germany Hermann Heinrich Grafe (1818-1869) has performed an ecclesiological balancing act in order to make the unity of the children of God visible: as an expression of the universal Church, he has founded a particular Church. The Free evangelical Churches came to life with a creed that preceded the ecumenical word of John 17:21. Their founders were aware that even a Protestant particular Church must continue to pursue the goal of reducing confessional egoism through prayer, personal encounters, common ministry, and serious theological discourses, and to discern the unity already existing in Christ "for the world to believe."œ This goal remains, even though the numerical growth and confessional fragmentation of the one Church of Jesus Christ over the last two centuries make the visualization of their unity seem impossible. This article shows ecumenical chances and obstacles of the free-evangelical perspective on unity and identity, which are somewhat typical for ecumenical dialogues between free and other Churches.
Keywords: Unity, Identity, Free Evangelical Churches, International Federation of Free Evangelical Churche
Heavenly Citizenship
Get PDFPaul, as it is well known, was a citizen of the Roman Empire and he wrote these words about citizenship to a young congregation in a Hellenistic city. The Greek word in Philippians 3:20 he uses here is translated differently as "œconservation" (KJV), as "œhome" and as "œcitizenship" in the New American Standard (NAS) translation. So, Christian citizenship is in heaven - not on earth. It is from there Christians expect their Lord and savior to come. Yet, while living on earth and waiting until He comes and while being part of the larger human community each and every one is a member of political unit, a nation or a state or a tribe.
The knowledge of the heavenly citizenship gives Christians an indication where to hope for true citizenship and gives at the same time a clear indication to distinguish between "œheavenly" affairs and their allegiance to worldly powers on earth.
During the initial period of the history of Christianity in Mizoram in order to differentiate one"™s new identity was the conviction and the declaration that one is now Pathian mi(God"™s people) and vanram mi(heavenly citizen). This significant concept and understanding of what it means for the Mizo to be Christian is reflected prominently in Mizo indigenous hymns and gospel songs as well as in the preaching of the Gospel, where it is declared that one is no longer a citizen of this "œearthly world" (he lei ram mi), but of the "œheavenly world" (van ram mi).
This paper attempts to highlight the significance of the concept of heavenly citizenship as an identity marker in the construction of an identity and in fostering a union, sense of being a people "“ Mizo "“ a homogenous political unit as a reaction to imposed foreign British rule and the western missionaries in the later part of the 19thcentury. While the focus of the paper is on the concept of "œheavenly citizenship" the Mizo"™s encounter with the British colonial ruler and Christianity will be highlighted in order to place the development of the concept in its historical contexts for a better understanding.
Keywords: Mizo, Christianity, Union, Identity, British colonialis
Cioran and Gnosticism
Get PDFThis study presents Cioran"™s relation with Gnosticism that is marked by the fragmentary and contradictory style of Romanian thinker. This is caused by the specific ambivalence signaled by the Romanian essayist, ambivalence that is affirmed by the vitalist standpoint, and negated by the nihilist standpoint. The theoretical contradiction is a repercussion of Cioran"™s way of approaching to the essence of life marked by the irrational and to the knowledge that is both, at the same time, a privilege and a hex. Therefore, from the nihilist point of view, that of an apologist of decomposition and desperation, Cioran can rightfully be associated with Gnosticism. On the other hand, many of his ideas describe, at the same time, an Agnostic outline. From the vitalist and fervent point of view, Cioran is represented as a strong enemy of gnosis. When he defames existence and history, he can be considered a Gnostic, and when we take into account the fervor for our world delusion and appearances, he is situated at the opposite pole of Gnosticism.
Keywords: Cioran, Gnosticism, creation, demigod, knowledge, nihilism