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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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EDITORIAL

Contemporary Man’s Need for Spiritual Life (by Rev. Ioan TULCAN)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

HE Emilian CRIŞANUL

The Pastoral Care and Education of the Theological Seminarians and Students and its Constructive Role

Martin ILLERT

Säkularisierung als Herausforderung unserer Kirchen

Adrian LEMENI

The Iconic Structure of Reason, as Confessed by Patristic Tradition – Signifi cant Indicator in the Ecclesial Approach of the Relationship between Orthodox Theology and Science

David PESTROIU

Characteristics of Adventist-Millenarian Proselytism in Romania, in the Aftermath of 1989

Constantin RUS, Tudor BUDEANU

The Hungarian Ecclesiastical Patronage in the Vision of Protopresbyter Gheorghe Ciuhandu. Historical-Canonical Study

Vasile CRISTESCU

Jesus Christ, Perfect Source and Model for the Renewal of Man

Florin DOBREI

Historical and Ecclesiastical Realities in the Southwest of Transylvania during the Principality (1541-1688)

Nicolae PREDA

Church Dedications (Hrams) and Pilgrimages: Liturgical and Missionary Events

Alexandru MĂLUREANU

The Ecumenical Vocation of Orthodoxy – Challenges and Perspectives

INTERVIEW

Mit Professor Dr. Martin Illert (Halle Univ., Leipzig) part II, (by Rev. Ioan Tulcan)

BOOK REVIEWS

Ierotheos, Mitropolit al Nafpaktosului, Praznicele Maicii Domnului – o perspectivă istorică și teologică (The feasts of the Mother of God – a historical and theological perspective), Greek to Romanian translation by Diaconești Monastery and Tatiana Petrache, PH Bonifaciu, 2019, 602 pp.

(Rev. Lucian FARCAŞIU)

Dr. Matthew LEVERING, The Indissolubility of Marriage: Amoris Laetitia in Context, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 2019, 220 pp.

(Rev. Ph.D. Traian NOJEA)

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EDITORIAL

Counterfeits of Religiosity in Postmodernism

(Rev. Ph.D. Caius CUŢARU)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Stefanie ARNOLD

Was ist eigentlich Säkularismus? Versuch einer Systematisierung des ökumenischen Diskurses

Cătălina MITITELU

Emperor Justinian’s Novel 74 and its Importance for European Marriage Law

Cristinel IOJA

Father Dumitru Stăniloae and the Renewal of the Orthodox Dogmatics in Romania      

Vasile VLAD

Prayer and Life

Mihai BRIE

Nicolae Firu (1873–1965), die unsterbliche Figur der Kirchenmusik im Westen Rumäniens. Dokumentarische Perspektiven   

Teofan MADA

The Experience of Uncreated Grace: Theological and Spiritual Aspects of the Eastern Fathers of the Church

Daniel LEMENI

Ascetic Authority and Ecclesiastical Authority in Late Antiquity: Conflict or Competition?

Ionel CHIRA

Clergy, Monks and Laymen Translators of Church Books and Their Role in the Introduction of the Romanian Language into the Cult

Lucian Vasile PETROAIA

Les hymnes des stances: références historiques, coordonnées théologiques et beautés hymnographiques

Georgian PĂUNOIU

Le mystère du monde à venir et la restauration des démons dans la vision de Saint Isaac le Syrien

BOOK REVIEWS

Gheorghiță CIOCIOI, Orthodoxy and Schism. Russia, Ukraine, Constantinople, The World of Faith Publishing House, Bucharest, 2019, 192 pp.

(Rev. Ph.D. Caius CUŢARU)

INTERVIEW

Interview mit Professor Dr. Martin ILLERT (Halle-Leipzig) (I)

(Rev. Ioan TULCAN)

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EDITORIAL

Nicodim Munteanu: Monk, Translator, Patriarch

Rev. Adrian Murg, PhD. 

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Silviu NATE, Daniel BUDA

Eastern European Geopolitics and Ecclesial Autocephaly for The Ukrainian Orthodox Church: A Hard Way for Ukraine

Nicolae V. DURĂ

Decisions of the “Holy and Great Council”, Held in Crete (Greece, June 16-26, 2016), on Marriage

Cristinel IOJA

Mistery of Christ in the Life of the Saints – Reflections on the Confession of Faith

Ioan TULCAN

Trinitarian and Anthropological Personalism in Father Stăniloae’s View and its Significance to the Contemporary Man

Viorel-Cristian POPA

The Apologetics of Faith. The Attitude of the Maccabees towards Hellenism

Marius FLORESCU

A Postponed Point of View on the Final Documents regarding Peace, Justice, Aversion of War and Discrimination, provided by the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (2016)

Tiberiu ARDELEAN

Emil Monţia – Hearty Transylvanian Folklorist and Carol – Picker

Daniel ALIC

Protopresbyter Ioan Oprea of Timişoara and His Contribution to the Romanian National Movement from Banat

Valentin Ionuţ MOŞOIU

The Contribution of Father Professor Ion Bria to the Development of the Romanian Missionary Theology in the 20th Century

BOOK REVIEWS

Avva Iosif HAZZAYA, văzătorul de Dumnezeu, Scrieri duhovniceşti, Traducere, studiu introductiv şi note de Ierom. Agapie Corbu (Abba Joseph HAZZAYA, seer of God, Spiritual Writings, Translation, Introductory Study and Notes by Hieromonk Agapie Corbu), Editura Sf. Nectarie, Arad, 2019, XCV+214 pp.

(Protosyngellos Nicolae M. TANG)

Darren SARISKY (ed.), Theologies of Retrieval: An Exploration and Appraisal, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford, 2017, 320 pp

(Rev. Traian NOJEA)

Pr. Stéphane BIGHAM, Icoana în Tradiţia Ortodoxă (The Icon in the Orthodox Tradition), translated by Diana Preda and Cornel Apostol, Theosis Publishing House, Oradea, 2016, 251pp.

(Vasile Eugen SUCIU)

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EDITORIAL:

Theology and Communist Ideology. The Case of Father Dumitru Staniloae (1903-1993)

Rev. Cristinel IOJA,Ph.D.

STUDIES AND ARTICLES:

Cristinel IOJA

The Concept of “Communion” in the Orthodox Dogmatics from Today. Reflection on Triadology and Ecclesiology

Valentin ILIE

The Path of Blame: An Unusual Islamic Approach on the Way to Spiritual Perfection 

Caius CUŢARU

Eliadian Reflections on the Spirituality of the Romanian People

Dieter BRANDES

Conflict and Reconciliation between Christian Churches and Jewish Communities. Discrimination and Pogroms in Europe over Centuries and the Shoah as Disastrous Zenith 

Vasile CRISTESCU

Christological Prototype and Anthropological Paradigm in Explaining the Hypostatic Union at Leontius of Byzantium and St. Cyril of Alexandria 

Daniel LEMENI

Monks, Bishops, and the Spiritual Guidance in Gazan Monasticism 

Alexandru MĂLUREANU

The Ecclesial Dimension of Communication and Communion in the Theology of Father Dumitru Stăniloae 

Adrian MURG

The Situation of St. James’ Epistle in the Early Church. Implications for Authorship and Canonicity

Cătălin VARGA

The Response of the Contemporary Orthodox World to the Ancient Church-State Biblical Model

BOOK REVIEWS:

Gianluca BELFIORE, Il processi di nullità matrimoniale nella riforma di Papa Francesco, Catania-Troina, Studio Teologico S. Paolo-Grafi ser, 2017, 188 pp.
(Constantin RUS)

Melodie H. EICHBAUER and Danica SUMMERLIN (eds.), The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000 – 1234, Brill, Leiden, 2018, 292 pp.
(Traian NOJEA)

Étienne RICHER, La lumnière montre les ombres. Crise d’effi cience et fondements du droit penal de l’Église. Essait d’analyse au regard du canon 1311 du CIC/1983 et de la loi supreme de la salus animarum, Toulouse, Les Presses Universitaires de l’Institut Catholique de Toulouse, 2017, 449 pp.
(Constantin RUS)
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