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Knowledge and Understanding by Participating in God

(Rev. Adrian MURG)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Eutichius Felix DOVGAN

The Meaning of the Veneration of the Holy Great Martyr John of Suceava, the Patron Saint of Trade

Nicușor TUCĂ

Prayer – a Manifestation of Faith and an Expression of the Love for God

Lucian FARCAŞIU

The Ancient Worship of the Theotokos in the Christian Church Mariology in Christian East and West

Vasile CREȚU

Catéchismes catholiques en France entre 1810 et 1950. Une courte présentation analytique

Daniel LEMENI

Spiritual Exercises and Ascetic Praxis in Desert Monasticism

Vasile CRISTESCU

Distinction logos – tropos and Its Application in the Christology of the Eastern Fathers

Tiberiu ARDELEAN

The Valorization of Catechesis in the Context of Church Music

Daniel ALIC

The Contribution of Metropolitan Nestor Vornicescu to the Canonization of the Romanian Saints

BOOK REVIEWS

Brant PITRE, Isus și rădăcinile evreiești ale Mariei (Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary), traducere dinengleză de Monica Broșteanu, Editura Humanitas, București, 2020, 227 pp.

(Rev. dr. Lucian FARCAŞIU)

Mircea BUTA, Aspects of the Church Singing from Arad at the Turn of the Millennia, Editura Muzicală, București,2017

(Rev. Tiberiu ARDELEAN)

Maxim (Iuliu-Marius) MORARIU, Gânduri de pandemie (Thoughts during the COVID-19 Pandemic), Renașterea Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2020, 117 pp. 

(Ph.D. student Iulia MEDVESCHI)

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The Victory of the Church into the World

(Rev. Ioan TULCAN)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Dieter BRANDES

Geschichte der Muslime in Europa und Versöhnungsprozesse zwischen Christen und Muslimen

Ioan TULCAN

The Essential Traits of Knowing God in Father Stăniloae’s Thinking and Their Importance for the Salvation of Man

Vasile VLAD

Theological Reflections on Contraception

Florin DOBREI

The Political-Religious Mission of Papal Inquisitor John of Capistrano in Banat and Transylvania

Vasile CREŢU

Catéchismes catholiques en France aux XV-XVIII siècles. Une approche analytique

Nicolae PREDA

The Order of the Funeral “Pillars” (Another Type of Approach)

Mihai HANDARIC

The Biblical Perspective on the Helpmeet in Marriage

Florin Ioan GAȘPAR

Patristic Tradition in the Neo-Patristic Synthesis of Theologians Georges Florovsky and Dumitru Stăniloae

BOOK REVIEWS

Matthias HARTMANN, Vasile STANCIU (eds.), „Das Leben als Geschenk Gottes. Christliche Verantwortung im Angesicht des Todes”, Seria: Biblioteca teologică germano-română, Editura Schiller Verlag, Bonn-Sibiu, 2018, 216 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan TULCAN)

Andreas ANDREOPOULOS and Demetruos HARPER (eds.), Christos Yannaras, „Philosophy, Theology, Culture”, Routledge Publisher, England, 2020, 222 pp.

(Marius Dumitru HANGANU, Ph.D)

Lois FARAG, „Athanasius of Alexandria. An Introduction to his Writings and Theology”, Cascade Companion, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020, 188 pp.

(Doctoral student, Rev. Florin-Ioan GAȘPAR)

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Monotheistic Religions in Times of Pandemic. Necessary Adaptations and Transformations

(Caius Claudius CUȚARU)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Cristinel IOJA

The Saints-Disciples at the School of Christ-Sight in Non-Sight

Constantin RUS

The Sacrament of Holy Eucharist – Some Canonical Remarks

Caius Claudius CUȚARU

Byzantine and Arab Iconoclasm – a Comparative Look

Daniel LEMENI

The Wisdom of the Desert Spirituality: An Introduction to the Desert Fathers

Vasile CREŢU

San Callisto ed Ignazio Xanthopouli

Nicolae PREDA

The Holy Communion over Time – Short Liturgical Presentation-

Gabriel BASA

Ioan Mihu and Aurel Vlad, Supporters of the Romanian National Cause through the Bunul Econom Magazine (1899 – 1907)

Adrian MURG

Deepening Christ Tradition through Remembrance, according to the Fourth Gospel

Zaharia MATEI

Father and Academic Professor Niculae M. Popescu – Contributions to the Research of the History of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Byzantine Music

BOOK REVIEWS

Iuliu-Marius MORARIU, Repere ale autobiografi ei spirituale din spațiul ortodox în secolele XIX și XX. Ioan de Kronstadt, Siluan Athonitul și Nicolae Berdiaev, Editura Lumen, Iași, 2019, ISBN: 978-973-166-544-3, 535 pp.

(Protosyngellos Lecturer Dr. Nicolae M. TANG)

Michael F. BIRD, Jesus the Eternal Son: Answering Adoptionist Christology, Eerdmans Publishing House, Grand Rapids, 2017, xv + 155 pp.

(Rev. Adrian MURG)

Charles PERROT, Binecuvântată ești Tu între femei (Luca 1, 42): Fecioara Maria în contextul primului secol creștin (Blessed are you among women [Luke 1, 42]: The Virgin Mary in the Context of the First Christian Century), translation from French by Ștefan Munteanu, Editura Doxologia, Iași, 2018, 518 pp.

(Alin-Florin CIOTEA, Ph.D. Student)

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EDITORIAL

The Church and the Social Dynamics of the World. The Model of Saint John Chrysostom 

(Rev. Cristinel IOJA) 

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Cristinel IOJA

The Lives of the Saints – A Living Dogmatics

Constantin RUS

Canonical Norms Regarding the Administration of the Sacrament of Anointing with Holy Chrism

Vasile VLAD

Theological Considerations on Abortion

Ioan TULCAN

Theological Aspects of the Missionary Strategy of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Romanian Society in the Process of Secularization

Lucian PETROAIA

The Crucifixion of the Lord in Three Iconographic Poses: Biblical-Patristic Accents Rendered by Artistic Particularities

Lucian FARCAŞIU

The Veneration of the Theotokos in the Christian Church. The History and Evolution of Theotokos’ Feasts

Emilian-Iustinian ROMAN

The Romanian Orthodox Church during Communism Decree no. 410/1959 – a Case Study

Rafael POVÎRNARU

Sacrifice, Communion and Teophanic Love – Pedestal of Marriage and Pastoral Desideratum of Romanian Orthodox Church for the Contemporary Family

Mihai IORDACHE

The Christian Family in the Thinking of Father Dumitru Staniloae

BOOK REVIEWS

Valentin CIORBEA, Mănăstirea Dintr-un Lemn – un complex monahal unic în România. Monografie istorică, Editura Academiei Oamenilor de Știință din România, București, 2020 

(†Emilian CRIŞANUL)

Mircea PĂCURARIU, Printing in the Romanian Orthodox Church, Andreiana Publishing House, Sibiu, 2016, 336 p. + XXXIX drawings with illustrations 

(Florin DOBREI)

Arsenie BOCA, Practica vieţii monahale (The Practice of Monastic Life), Editura Charisma, Deva, 2019, 176 pp. 

(Casian RUȘEȚ)

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EDITORIAL

Education, a Permanent Priority of the Church

(Rev. Adrian MURG)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

†Emilian CRIȘANUL

The Religious Education of Parents and Children During the Last Century in the Archdiocese of Arad

Cristinel IOJA

Eschatology in Neo-Patristic Synthesis

Constantin RUS

Canonical Norms Regarding the Administration of the Holy Baptism

Ioan TULCAN

The Mystery of the Holy Trinity – Mystery of Love, Life and Light in the Thinking of the Cappadocian Fathers and Its Ecclesiological and Anthropological Implications

Daniel LEMENI

Deification as a Transfiguration of Man: Toward a Theology of the Holiness in Orthodox Iconography

Adrian PODARU

Michael Psellos’ Philosophical Opuscula on the Soul. Introductory Guidelines Emerged from an On-Going Translation Process

Stelian PAȘCA-TUȘA, Liviu VIDICAN-MANCI

The Godly Light in Psalms – Theological Perspectives

Mihai IORDACHE

Explanation of Betrothal and of the Mystery of Holy Matrimony

Cosmin SANTI

Juridical Status of Religious Education in Romanian and International Legislation

Răzvan Emanuel FIBIŞAN

Eucharist’s Ontologically-Sacramental, Community-Social and Mystagogycally-Missionary Character, in the Thinking of Father Ion Bria

BOOK REVIEWS

Virginia BURRUS, Ancient Christian Ecopoetics: Cosmologies, Saints, Things, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019

(Dr. Daniel LEMENI)

Marie-Françoise BASLEZ, Comment les chrétiens sont devenus catholiques (Ier-Ver siècle), Paris, Tallandier, 2019, 313 pp.

(Rev. Constantin RUS)

Revue du droit des religions, revue semestrielle publiée par les Presses

Universitaires de Strasbourg

(Rev. Constantin RUS)

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