Rev. Prof. PhD. Cristian Barnea

Cristian Barnea

 Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iasi

”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, XVIth edition
A priest's work of bringing people to Christ makes it imperative that his life should revolve around the One that he serves. Father Dumitru Stăniloae's desire to bring Christ into the hearts of students, of people in general, is a red thread that…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, XVIth edition
Although he was not a parish priest, through his teaching activity, theological writings, and entire life, Rev. Professor Dumitru Stăniloae contributed to the formation of several generations of ministers of the Church. The timeliness of his thought…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, XIVth edition
He who delves into the writings of St. Gregory Palamas and strives to understand the meaning of his theology, cannot fail to remain, at one point, amazed by the beauty of such inspired and enlightened thinking, contemplating the richness of Godʼs…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, IXth edition
For many people, the idea that the Church collaborated with the Communist authorities is a thesis that no longer requires any further demonstration. Nonetheless, he who is patient enough to open, with due prudence, the published documents from the…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, IXth edition
At the time, Church represented our Romanian nation’s last stand facing the Stalinist ideology. Almost 28 years past the events of 1989, the Church’s great sacrifice still cannot be objectively assessed. There have remained open wounds until today.…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, VIIth edition
The human value is not limited only to what the human reason can think about him. According to the teaching of our faith, the human mission is beyond that, it is the power of any individual’s vision. Christ is the only One Who saw and sees further…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, IIth edition
Father Justin (1894-1979) notices in today thinking a sense change: man is limited at his body as well as Christ is more accepted His humanity than His divinity. A humanity deprived by the lack of authentic theological meanings, which drives both at…
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”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, Ith edition
Saint Gregory of Nyssa will often address in his writings the great mystery of man’s resurrection along with his body. The identity between the body of the dead man and the one of the resurrected, the ontological unity between soul and body, the…
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