Journals of Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
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Ioan 5, 39 "“ un studiu asupra modului de citire și receptare a Scripturii în spațiul creștin, iudaic și islamic
Get PDFThis article is about the reception of the Bible in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, the so-called religions of the Scripture. Despite their different beliefs all of them value the Bible and many of their religious beliefs are based on it. The Bible is an important support for the dialogue and the approach of these three religions. Nevertheless, every religion is appreciating the Bible differently. For example, Muslims are considering the Bible important only after the Qu"™ran. The Bible is still the Word of God but altered by Jews and Christians. These would explain the differences to the Qu"™ran. In the interfaith dialogue, this could get the dialogue into hot water. The same is to say about Jews in comparison to Christians. Christians teach that the Old Testament, the Bible of the Jews, is only a path to discover Jesus the Messiah, but the Jews understand the Law of the Old Testament as the only way to gain eternal Life. This means that the approach to the Bible and the understanding of it is different. In addition to that, we have many differences between Christians of different denominations concerning the reception of the Bible, or when we refer to the way they see the inspiration of the Bible. The purpose of this article is to outline the differences that we have to consider when one engages in an interfaith dialogue
Proiectul de sine, între confuzie și sens existențial
Get PDFIn this study I started from the assumption that every human being has an existential sense which, throughout his life, is possible to pervert or even lose him. The postmodern era has become incompatible with a noble, transcendent sense of actual man. In this state of confusion, the human person needs more than ever the orientatio, that is, a clear path towards something that does not limit it to materialism and consumerism. One of the factors that positively influence the existential meaning of man is commitment (toward oneself, toward others and toward God). The Christian life has permanently demonstrated that the sense par excellence of man is the eternal life to which it can be directed with the help of a feeling of the ephemeral (world) and immortal (soul). With the loss of the soul balance, man approaches the existential emptiness. The impatient time, the overabundant activities, the sensory over stimulation, the superficiality of the relationships, predispose him to the drama of meaninglessness. Therefore, in this study we will emphasize the current human situation and possible resolutions regarding its inner recalibration. Solutions such as contemplative life, self-discovery through meditation, self-awareness through awareness of its psycho-spiritual contents, disillusionment with the world"™s offerings, communion with God through prayer, are as many chances of reunion with oneself and with the Source of life, from which the personal meaning of existence certainly emerges
Aspecte biblice privind complementaritatea dintre Sfânta Euharistie și slujirea filantropică
Get PDFViewed with the superficiality of the contemporary man, severely affected by the spirit of secularization, diakonia - in its sense of neighbour ministry, seems to be a relatively new element, recently included in the missionary work of the Church and at the same time, one of the challenges of confessing the faith. The roots of this diaconical work are, however, particularly deep, its primary source being the unlimited love shared with man by God. This unmeasured love is the common foundation of the Eucharist and Christian philanthropy and is obviously the basis of the communion of man with God and of people together
Sistemul modal al glasurilor după Dimitrie Cunțanu în varianta scrisă
Get PDFThe version of the voices by Cunțanu represents a version of the religious music issued during the unfortunate historical events of the unity in 1701. It was confirmed in writing and made official in 1890 when the collection of religious songs of the 8 voices was published by the priest Dimitrie Cunțanu. Next to this written version there is also an oral one but it had some differences. These by their structure, belong to the modal system like any other system of monodic song. The modal system of voices by Cunțanu, integrates a number of 19 modal structures all differentiated by the number of the voice (even though in general we can mention around 8 voices the modal structures are many more) and by the type of song (Diatonic or Chromatic) for each voice at the same time there are 2 or 3 modal structures that can have no connection between them
The Church in Northern Nigeria in the face Religious Fundamentalism, and the Re-Interpretation of the Doctrine of Church Suffering
No full textExtant studies have shown that at the outset of the 21st century, the most immediate danger faced by nations of the world, apart from global climate disruption is fundamentalism. It has shown that this phenomenon has tended to divide the world on the line of religion. In the case of Nigeria, this dividing line is always in the increase and is setting the people against themselves. This is because, this has not only disrupted development but has led to a situation in which some people have become second class citizens in their native country, so much so that they arguably constitute what the Catholic Doctrine refers to as the "œChurch Suffering"-faithful who are undergoing the purification of purgatory while on earth. This is hinged on the premise that perhaps for the sake of Christ and the Church, they are being prepared for heaven after torturous life on earth. The qualitative method is used for this particular research. Data obtained from primary and secondary sources were deployed to carry out the study with an analytical and narrative historical approach. This includes historical, descriptive, and analytical approaches based on gathered evidence. The primary source for this research is based on field investigations conducted in the area and surrounding territories. Among other things, the data collection process includes semi-structured interviews with individuals. The research also uses historical documents from the national archives, relying on previous research conducted on issues relating to Colonial and Missionary activities in northern Nigeria, Religion, doctrine, and intergroup relations in addition to documentary data taken from newspaper accounts, diaries, letters, and verbal reports.
Keywords: Religious Fundamentalism, The Church, Doctrine of Church Sufferin
Implicarea Patriarhului Iustin Moisescu în Dialogul Ecumenic. O istorie dezvoltată pe fondul implicării directe a mai marilor Bisericii
Get PDF"œEternity was born in the village" is a reality which is confirmed even by the Church"™s evolution. Specifically, even on the dialogue side, the Church has evolved throughout time, building and rebuilding destroyed relations in ancient times. Considering the homage year assigned to the village"™s life and the outstanding figures from the top of our Church, I chose to evoke real historical approaches made to reach warmer relations captured in our days. The patriarch Iustin Moisescu is one of the promoters for the relationship between the Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, as well as between the rest of the Church"™s. The dialogue part wasn"™t foreign for the first half of the past century, the patriarch Iustin being also involved in the discussions of the Church"™s Ecumenical Council, considered by most as a reference of ecumenical closeness. Taken as a reference, we can notice that based on this ecumenical activity there was elevated a continuous dialogue shown differently, throughout relational organisms like: The World Council of Churches, Mixt Committees of dialogue, various ecumenical Meetings, etc. This memo is seeking to notice the evolution of the ecumenical relationships between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic one, starting from the classic Romanian orthodox values. Regarding the course of the memo, starting from the ecumenical principles existent in the 19th century, throughout terminological remarks and descriptions regarding the relational authorities, we will observe the current state and the fruitful work of the Romanian orthodox promoters
TENSIONS OF CHURCH T(T)RADITION AND THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL CULTURES IN THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF KENYA
Get PDFThe African Orthodox Church of Kenya was formed as an African Instituted Church in 1929, with considerable cultural and liberative connotations, before officially joining the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa in 1956. The journey of being faithful to the rich and ancient Eastern Orthodox tradition, history, and heritage as well as grappling with the local cultures is been an ongoing tension for this church. The tension is better appreciated from the eye view of non-Kenyan Orthodox and young theologians in comparison with that of the locals. Some contextualization practices within this church were ecclesiastically sanctioned, while others have never been reviewed, even though both are practiced with no distinction. This Orthodox Church in Kenya continues to be regarded as one of the staunchest and first growing Orthodox Church in Africa, influencing many upcoming African dioceses and the theologians they form in the main Patriarchal seminary based in Nairobi. This paper seeks to document this tension and struggle of the church and local community traditions and cultures, and with it seek to justify some of the contextualization that is realized and practiced in this church at present.
Keywords: African Orthodox Church of Kenya, contextualization, tradition, culture, missio
PERSONHOOD REVISITED
Get PDFTechnological innovations in Artificial Intelligence have reached a state where human-like robotics are endowed with rich personality and cognitive intelligence, able to engage emotionally and deeply with people. This progress in developing humanoids opens the way for a robot to obtain not just human, but superhuman attributes, such as omniscience and omnipotence, autonomy and self-awareness, freedom and interpersonality. On the other hand, this futurist situation could be considered as a possible threat to Christian anthropology, since it reaches a creation having the likeness of humanity that seem to retain a sense of personhood. This paper attempts to confront these challenges facing Christian theology today through first, revisiting Christian anthropology and the Patristic views on personhood, which look at a human being as an unfathomable mystery. Second, it presents the implications of this theology upon the arguments that consider humanoids as persons, showing that this postmodern issue is not just a crisis in anthropology, but also has its roots in a crisis in knowledge. Finally, this paper affirms that Christians are called to embrace science and technological progress. This can be done when rationalism is led by the intellect, the spiritual cognitive center of humankind. In doing so, humankind reaches epignosis, the correct or divine knowledge, the gift of true perception, or right discernment, which surpasses all rational human knowledge and algorithms, and directs all technological powers to God"™s glory.
Keywords: Orthodox Church, Patristics, Artificial Intelligence, Humanoids, Personhood, Christian Anthropology, Divine Knowledg
Ioan C. TeÅŸu, Simt boala ca iubire a lui Hristos [I feel the illness as God"™s love], (IaÅŸi: Doxologia, 2017), 271 pages
Get PDFSfânta Scriptură în teologia și viața Părintelui Sofronie Saharov
Get PDFStarting from the assertion of Father Ioannis Romanidis, according to which the true interpreters of the Holy Scriptures are the seers of God, the main aim of this study is to demonstrate how two events from the Holy Scriptures were understood in the theology and life of Father Sophrony Sakharov. The central moment of his life is the meeting with Saint Silouan the Athonite in 1930, an event that will mark his entire spiritual life and will crown his later work at the monastery he founded in Essex, England. In 1993 Archimandrite Sophrony went to the eternal life, remaining known in the Orthodox Theology especially as the biographer and disciple of Saint Silouan. In order to understand the way of thinking of staretz Sophrony, I consider representatives the interpretation of two events from the Holy Scripture, the Sinaitic revelation and the prayer of the Saviour from the Gethsemane Garden. In his writings, Father Sophrony pays a special attention to the revelation of God to Moses because he personally lives in his life the meaning of the name I am who I am. This name shows that God is Threepersonal and nothing can exist without His will. In the garden of Gethsemane, the Savior prays for all mankind, which shows that such a prayer should be the model of human prayer. Therefore, every man is called to assemble into himself and into his prayers all the human nature, the entire Adam. Father Sophrony received as heritage from St. Silouan the hypostatic prayer that himself lived, making it known to the world through his life and writings