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Vol. 96/ nr. 3 (jul.-sept.)

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EDITORIAL

Political Correctness – A New Secular Religion

(Rev. Assist. Prof. Dr. Caius-Claudius CUTARU)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

† Nestor DINCULEANĂ

The Cult during the Period of the Biblical Patriarchs

Daniele COGONI

The Trinitarian Ecclesiology of D. Stăniloae Compared to That of J.M.R. Tillard. Its Value for Ecumenical Dialogue – First Part 

Aurel PAVEL

New Media and the Mission of the Church – Some Notes on a Topical Issue

Viorel-Cristian POPA

The World – Work of Divine Goodness and Love

Daniel LEMENI

Monks, Laymen, and Hidden Sainthood in Desert Asceticism

Agapie CORBU

The Stages of Spiritual Life according to Joseph Hazzaya

Alina PĂTRU

Individuation, the Goal of Life in Carl Gustav Jung. Between Auctorial Intentions, Eastern References, and Various Christian Receptions

Ioan-Tănase CHIȘ

The Orthodox Premise of European Culture and Construction

Ionel CHIRA

The Metropolitan Bishop of Oradea from the Second Half of the 17th Century and the First Hierarch Known by the Name in the Land of Bihor, Metropolitan Bishop Simeon

BOOK REVIEWS

†Timotei Aioanei, Anamneze. Slujitori ai Bisericii în evocări și portrete (Anamneses. Servants of the Church in Evocations and Portraits), Editura Spandugino, București, 2023, 222 pp. and Annex

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Cristinel IOJA)

Cristinel Ioja, Daniela Popescu, Marcel N. Tang, Tiberiu Ardelean (coord.), Art, Theology and Civilization in the Romanian Monastic Spaces. From Monastery Schools to Theological Schools, Editura Presa Universitară Clujeană / Editura Universității „Aurel Vlaicu”, Cluj-Napoca / Arad, 2023, 316 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Florin DOBREI)

Jean-Claude Larchet, What is Theology? Notions of Methodology in the Practice and Teaching of Orthodox Theology, Basilica Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021, 184 pp.

(Ph.D. student Ionuț MÎLCOMETE)

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Vol. 95/ nr. 2 (apr.-june)

CONTETNTS

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EDITORIAL

The Pressing Actuality of the Message of the Heads of the Local Orthodox Churches at the Beginning of the Third Christian Millennium

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

† Nestor Dinculeană

Religious Holidays of the Jewish People in the Post-Exilic Period

Andreas Müller

The Christianisation of Philanthropy in Ioannes Chrysostomos

Mihai Brie

The Exaposteilarion of the Savior’s Resurrection. Interpretive Nuances

Ioan Tulcan

The Reception of Father Stăniloae’s Trinitarian Theological Thinking in the German Space and Its Meanings

Corneliu-Dragoș Bălan, Nicușor Tucă, Florina Bălan

Challenges and Destructive Practices for the Contemporary Family

Vasile-Doru Fer

Biblical-Theological Values in the Thought and Work of St. Cyril of Alexandria

Ştefan Negreanu

“Byzantine Symphony” from Emperor Justinian to Basil I the Macedonian

Vasile Cristescu

The Doctrinal Position of the Christology of Evagrius Ponticus in the Teaching of the Eastern Church and its Correction by the Eastern Fathers and Theologians

Filip Albu

The Exigencies of Doctrinal Preaching in the Thinking of Father Ilarion V. Felea (1903-1961). Notes to the Volume of Sermons Duhul adevărului

BOOk REVIEWS

Reinard Thöle, Geheiligt werde Dein Name. Christliche Gottesdienste zwischen Anbetung und Anbiederung, Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, 2021, 178 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan)

Florin Dobrei, Sebastian-Dragoș Bunghez, Preotul profesor Teodor Botiș (1873-1940). O viață în slujba bisericii, a învățământului și a neamului românesc [The priest teacher Teodor Botiș (1873-1940). A life in the service of the church, education and the Romanian nation], Editura Universității “Aurel Vlaicu”, Arad, 2022, 576 pp

(Dr. Mircea-Gheorghe Abrudan)

Craig. S. Keener, Miracles Today: The Supernatural Work of God in the Modern World, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021, 284 pp

(Rev. Adrian Murg)

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Vol. 94/ nr. 1 (ian.-mar.)

CONTENT

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EDITORIAL

A Systematization of Church Music in the 8th Century

(Protosyngellos Lect. dr. Nicolae M. TANG)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Stelian Tofană

Who Is the “Beloved Disciple” in the Gospel of John? – Hypothesis or Solution for the Johannine Paternity of the Gospel?

Constantin Rus

The Holy Mystery of Confession – Some Canonical Remarks

Vasile Cristescu

The Apollinarist Doctrine and Its Rejection by St. Gregory of Nyssa

Tiberiu Ardelean

Church Music from the West of the Country from the Declarations and Confessions of Some Outstanding Musical Personalities

Ioan-Tănase Chiș

Arguments and Assets of Orthodoxy in Contemporary Europe

Răzvan Perșa

Romanian Orthodox Academic Theology and the Discovering of the Philokalia during the Interwar Period

Ovidiu-Mihai Neacșu

I Corinthians 15, 44-45 . The First Man, Adam and the Last Adam

BOOK REVIEWS

Matthias Hartmann and Vasile Stanciu (eds.), Das Leben als Geschenk Gottes. Christliche Verantwortung im Angesicht des Todes, Seria Biblioteca teologică germano-română, Schiller Verlag, Bonn-Sibiu, 2018, 216 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan)

Juan Ignacio Arrieta, Corso di diritto vaticano, Edusc., Roma, 2021, 384 pp., Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Subsidia canonica, 31, [ISBN: 978-88-8333-931-8]

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Constantin Rus)

Sfântul Isaac Sirul, Cuvinte ascetice (Ascetical Homilies), vol. 1, Cuvintele I-XXX, ediție bilingvă, text critic grec stabilit de Marcel Pirard, Université de Louvain; Introducere, traducere, note și comentarii Ieromonah Agapie Corbu (Bilingual edition, Greek critical text established by Marcel Pirard, Université de Louvain; Introduction, translation, notes and comments by Hieromonk Agapie Corbu), Editura Sf. Nectarie, Arad, 2022, ISBN 978-606-8840-20-8, CXLVIII+622 pp.

(Protosyngellos Lect. dr. Nicolae M. Tang)

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Vol. 93/ nr. 4 (oct. – dec.)

CONTENT

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EDITORIAL:

Reflecting on Life and Death

(Rev. Vasile Vlad PhD.)

SPECIAL ISSUE

Papers Presented at the

International Symposium Medicine & Theology:

The Phenomenon of Death in the Age of Biotechnology

held at the “Hilarion V. Felea” Faculty of Orthodox Theology from Arad, 

on the 2nd of November 2022. 

Coordinators: 

Rev. Prof. Dr. Cristinel Ioja PhD., and Rev. Prof. Dr. Vasile Vlad PhD.

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Werner Neuer

Salzburg Declaration

Cristinel Ioja

The Phenomenon of Death in the Era of Biotechnologies. A Perspective of Orthodox Dogmatics

Ioan C. Teşu

The Human Being – between Deification by Grace and Biotechnology Augmentation

Tiberiu Medeanu

Thanatology, from Zamolxes to Modern Medicine

Vasile Vlad

Fear of Death. A Theological Perspective

Mihaela Orodan

The Significance of An Integral Anthropology in the Proximity of Death

Ispas Ruja

Position on the Criteria of Brain Death in the Documents of the Roman Catholic and Evangelical Churches in Germany

Dumitru-Adrian Ciurea

Adveniat Regnum Tuum. The Millenium between Relevance and Mystery

Andrei-Ioan Danciu

Beauty Surgery and the Christian Conscience

BOOK REVIEWS

Emilian (Nica) Crișanul, Episcop-vicar, Episcopia Hușilor: memorie și actualitate (Monografie istorică) [The Diocese of Husi: Memory and Actuality (Historical Monograph)], Editura Doxologia, Iași; Editura Horeb, Huși,2022, 414 pp.

(Rev. Dr. Ştefan Negreanu)

Carlo Fantappiè, Il diritto canonico nella società postmoderna. Lezioni universitarie, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2020, 399 pp., ISBN: 978-88-921371-7-2

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Constantin Rus)

Constanța Cristescu, The Anastasimatar from Arad – Composed according to the Musical Notations of Trifon Lugojan, Editura Eurostampa, Timișoara, 2021

(Rev. Lect. Dr. Tiberiu Ardelean)

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Vol. 92/ no. 3 (jul.- sept.)

CONTENT

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EDITORIAL

The Importance of Daily Prayer in Monotheistic Religion

by Rev. Caius Claudius Cuţaru PhD.

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Caius Claudius Cuţaru

Religious Mentalities and Attitudes in Times of Pandemic

Lucian Farcaşiu

Supra-Veneration of Theotokos in the Liturgical Services of the Orthodox Church

Teofan Mada

Theology and Spirituality in the Ecclesial Conception of Charles Curran

Cătălin Raiu

Confronting Religion from a Post-Political Perspective. Health Policies during the Covid-19 Pandemic inRomania

Gabriel-Valeriu Basa

Roman Ciorogariu – Director of the Theological-Pedagogical Institute in Arad

Gabriela Radu

The Ruler’s Virtues in the Ekthesis of Agapetus Diaconus

Adrian Murg

Christian Life as Warfare, according to Ephesians 6, 10-20

Florin-Ioan Gașpar

A View on the Orthodox Neopatristics of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century. Consequences andInsufficiencies

Alexandru Lazar

The Politico-Dogmatic Stage of the Apocatastasis’ Condemnation. Post-synodal Perspectives136

BOOK REVIEWS

†Damaschin Dorneanu, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți, Dimensiunea mistagogică aSăptămânii Sfintelor Pătimiri. Elemente de antropologie duhovnicească (The Mystagogic Dimension of the Holy and GreatWeek. Elements of Spiritual Anthropology), Crimca Publishing House, Suceava, 2022, 863 pp.

(Lucian Farcașiu)

Academician preot profesor universitar doctor Mircea Păcurariu (1932- 2021) – o viață pusă în slujba lui Dumnezeu și a neamului românesc, Editura Renașterea, Cluj Napoca și editura Episcopiei Devei și Hunedoarei, Deva, 2021, coordonatori: † Gurie Georgiu, preot Florin Dobrei, 384 pp.

(Gabriel-Valeriu Basa)

Patrick Schreiner, Matthew, Disciple and Scribe: The First Gospel and Its Portrait of Jesus, BakerAcademic, Grand Rapids, 2019, xiv + 289 pp.

(Adrian Murg)

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