”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, Xth edition

Fidelity unto tradition and innovative creativity: the yet sequences from younger scholars researches

Iași
7 - 8 May 2018
Coordonator
Rev. Prof. PhD. Viorel Sava
Rev. Prof. PhD Petre Semen Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
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PhD. cand. Ionuț-Paul Anea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The current approaches to homosexuality are often summarized in the treatment of the topic only in a contemporary context and especially from a sociological perspective. Thus, an approach from the perspective of the past may reveal an original and…
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Deac. PhD. Ilarion M. Argatu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This study seeks to set out a biblical perspective of monarchy as a political system and its theological implications. It opens with a terminological study of the terms used in the biblical corpus to describe or define monarchy whose biblical…
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PhD. cand. Petru Cernat Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In Biblical tradition, human rights are not asserted according to modern language and modern meaning. This is due to the fact that the emphasis falls more on moral duties and responsibilities than on rights, more on the fulfillment of the human…
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Protos. PhD. Hrisostom Ciuciu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The present work refers to the most disputed Christological fragment of The New Testament, from the pauline corpus, Phil. 2, 5-11, known as “The Christological Hymn”, focusing on its main theme, which is kenosis. The author’s thesis is that the…
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PhD. cand. Obrad Karanovic School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Moses' Decalogue forms the basis of Christian ethics. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” is part of the Decalogue that deals with interpersonal relations, unlike the first part concerning the relationship of man to God.…
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Rev. PhD. Cătălin Varga Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
God's war, orchestrated by His people Israel, has a profound theological and pedagogical dimension. Through this belligerent manner, in the case of the occupation of Canaan, YHWH wishes to exterminate the idolatrous population, which could no longer…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Georgi Porphyrios St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
Saint Gregory Palamas, the famous fourteenth century teacher of hesychasm had a distinct discourse on the person of the Theotokos and her contribution in enriching the Christian experience of spiritual life. The author of this article notes that…
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Prof. PhD. Miltiadis Vantsos Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Rev. Prof. PhD. Bassam A. Nassif St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
The age of postmodernity, with its new relative mode of thought, individualism, and secularism, has deeply influenced the way people develop their marital relationships. This new social wave led to a disfigured image of the human being, reducing…
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Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. Pablo Argarate „Karl Franzes”​​​​​​​ University of Graz, Austria
This article portrays the Catholic Church in its attitude towards ecumenism, its Copernican shift in the middle of the twentieth century chiefly through its conciliar decree Unitatis Redintegratio and its reception. On this basis, it proposes five…
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Rev. PhD. Ștefănel Stelian Ciurciun Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The present article explores the origin of the symbol as a word and as a concept. The numerous ways we find this concept present in diferent cultures, tells us that humankind learned to adapt thru symbols in the real world by creating an image of a…
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Archim. PhD. Iov Cristea Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
This article discusses the spiritual, missionary and cultural activity of Optina Monastery between 19th and 21st centuries. The author describes the characteristics of the monastic life at Optina that have been cultivated by the Optina fathers and…
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PhD. cand. Mihăiţă Lucian Filip Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Sacrament of Baptism, Chrismation, and Eucharist are the three most important that a Christian receive in his/her life. Due to that crucial importance one can found various references to the three Sacraments in the text of Romanian Christmas…
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PhD. cand. Vlad Adrian Ghiţă Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
In this article I shall present five Christian perspectives on Islam. They come from five authors, from which four are Byzantine and the last is Roman-Catholic. These five are: 1. Saint Anastasios of Sinai (~630-700 AD); 2. Saint John of Damascus (…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Irina Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The church, in the context of secularization, cannot limit itself to the promovation of the truth of faith from the heights of stage, but, besides the misionary activity in hospitals, orphanages, prisons or military institutions, the Bible's message…
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PhD. cand. Leonard Luția Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In a secular world, where the pop culture phenomenon has become more and more visible in the cotidian, day by day life, the Sequential Art (comics) are also becoming a point of interest for young adult and children. Since 1993, Cardinal Daneels, the…
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PhD. cand. George Marinescu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
This study examines the challenges of compiling a comparative biography of the Virgin Mary but also to make a short historical journey of the one who gave birth to Jesus Christ. The purpose of this comparative biography is to examine to what extent…
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PhD. cand. Ilche Micevski-Ignat Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
One cannot get to achieve the knowledge of God without faith. The knowledge depends on several factors among which the most important is faith. According to St. Justin Popovich, faith is an important factor in christian orthodox gnoseology, because…
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PhD. cand. Dimitrios Michailidis Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The name of saint Maximus the Confessor is mostly known for his Christological polemics towards the heresy of Monoenergetism and Monotheletism. The contribution of Maximus’s theology is fundamental since it was him who highlighted the dangers of the…
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PhD. cand. Octavian Negru Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Christian living begins in everyday life, being continued in endless eternity. The death is an unhappy accident brought about by the primordial sin. It has ultimately resulted in passions and death, as a punishment of the sin of disobedience to the…
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PhD. cand. Liliana Onuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Righteousness has always been a theme of general interest. It requires order, harmony regarding the relationship with both God and the others. The virtue of righteousness is closely related to love. On the one hand, St. John Chrysostom speaks about…
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Rev. PhD. Simion Purice Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The present work immerses in the infinite theology of St. John’s Gospel, using the mysiological equipment, in order to discover the evangelist's love of unity of faith and nation, to create the landscape of traditional fidelity and at the same time…
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PhD. cand. Eugen Adrian Truța Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
The study analyzes experiences of so called mystical life seen from a psychological point of view. Diagnosing a pathological issue seems to be more difficult in this very area were the value and the features of mistical ecstasy can't be scientific…
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Rev. PhD. Petru-Constantin Zîză Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Starting with the fourth century, the first Epistle of Peter was known, together with James, Judas, II Peter and I-III John, as one of the seven clerical epistles, an official designation in the Canon 60 of the Council of Laodicea 363. The label was…
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Conf. PhD. Vasile Roman „Apollonia” University of Iaşi
The tenacity of our nation is given by the foundation of two thousand years, but also in the four main pillars, the four institutions that guarantee the existence and durability of a state, the church, the academy, the army and the secret services.…
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Archim. PhD. Benedict Sauciuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
During the First World War, the complex of the Neamt Monastery was put at the disposal of the defence of the Romanian nation, here being installed a centre for the care of the wounded, for the shelter of the army and for supplying it with food,…
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Rev. PhD. Mihail Iustin Argatu Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
This paper analyses the historical and religious situation of the Roman fort of Birsoswald (Banna) on the northern frontier of Roman Britain on Handrianʹs Wall. During the reign of Hadrian the First Cohort of Dacians (Cohors Prima Aelia Dacorum…
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Rev. PhD. Viorel-Ioan Cozmei Faculty of History and Geography, University “Ștefan cel Mare” from Suceava
Metropolitan Visarion Puiu is one of the most important personalities of The Romanian Orthodox Church, and also one of the most disputed bishops we ever had. Because of his involvement in Transnistria, as leader of The Orthodox Mission, from…
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Archim. PhD. Mihail Daniliuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Eminescu loved greatly his country. Whom did the unsurpassed versifier of Romanians learn to pay love towards the national values? He didn’t graduate any school in this sense, there weren’t any at the time, nor he declared a patriot because it was…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Gaju Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
This article briefly presents the return of Orthodox Christianity to Turkestan (Today it mostly occupies countries such as: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) which for about five centuries saw its total disappearance as a…
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Rev. PhD. Vasile-Lucian V. Goldan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The achievement of Romania's independence was the first step in the official recognition of our country on the European level. The importance of this action is based on the heroic sacrifice of our forefathers, and his reverberations have developed…
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PhD. cand. Daniela Ivanovici Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
In the present paper I have focused my research on the participation of women to the phenomen of θέατρον during the Comnenos dinasty. I analized two aspects: the characteristics of female literary patronage, and the typs of theatra that we can find…
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Rev. PhD. Ciprian Joița Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
The evaluation and understanding of the life and teachings of St. Symeon the New Theologian is strongly connected to the identification of the chronologic landmarks regarding the main events of his life. Despite the mainstream tendency of…
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Rev. PhD. Marius Obreja Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Merciful Saint Joseph was the providential man for the Metropolitan Church of Moldavia in a period of great trials for the Church of Christ. His important achievements marked the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian national…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Viorel Sava Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Our article entitled The Coronation Service of the King Ferdinand I and of His wife The Queen Maria ( 2/15 October 1922 ) – “ the apolisis” of the Great Unity is focused on the religious ceremony of the King coronation which took place in Alba Iulia…
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Lect. PhD. Constantin-Iulian Damian Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
According to the National Census from 2011, 86.45% of Romanians are Orthodox Christians. Pew Research Center’s research on Europeans’ religiosity revealed that Romania is the most religious country out of 34 European countries. Nevertheless, only 19…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Marian Vîlciu Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Valahia University, Targoviste
The voivode of Walachia, Neagoe Basarab, was one of the most enlightened princes of his times, which is why the image of his personality has remained representative, at least for the XVI century. A prince with a very solid culture, gathered…
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Rev. Lect. PhD. Lucian Petroaia Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
This study brings back to the attention of those interested, a typographical work, unique in its own way: the first Mass-book in Romanian language, printed by the deacon Coresi, in Brasov, in 1570. Thus, in the middle of the 16th century, the…
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Lect. PhD. Cezar Login Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
The Great and Holy Week, which represents the forefeast of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, influenced the forefeast of two other major feasts of the Orthodox Christian calendar: the Nativity of Christ and the Epiphany. Both forefeasts…
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His Grace PhD. Nichifor Botoșăneanul Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Les plus anciennes attestations de ces exorcismes se retrouvent dans le Codex Barberinus Graecus 336 (VIIIe siècle), manuscrit très connu, de la collection Barberini, utilisé par Jacques Goar dans ses notes à l’Evhologhion sive Rituale Graecorum (…
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Rev. PhD. Viorel-Vasile Florea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The article "Mission of the Church by Pilgrimage" is a special one, because it highlights the missionary valences of the Church, who with any occasion must preach the Word of God, and place man in a direct and living connection with divinity. Saint…
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Protos. PhD. Arsenie Hanganu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The biblical research in the orthodox key demonstrates the existence of enough elements about the honoring of Virgin Mary through its multiple forms: there is biblical fundament confirmed by the Holy Tradition and expressed liturgically throughout…
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PhD. cand. Diogene Mihăilă Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Saint Basil the Great, „one of the three who worshiped the Trinity”, can be considered a kind of „universal man” of the Church. His personality remains an important landmark in the history of the Church, due to his impressive achievements in less…
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PhD. cand. Gabriel Piștea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In this article I followed a comparative exposition between the interpretation of the Mysteries of Integration in the Church (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) from the perspective of two church writers of the fourth century, Saint Cyril of…
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Assist. PhD. Alexandru Prelipcean Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
For any researcher, the analysis of an encomiastical narrative presupposes, above all, the identification of possible sources of inspiration. Through the present study, we want to relate both to an encomiastical speech and to the sinaxer on which…
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PhD. cand. Nikolaos Rodopaios Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The present work is an approach of a field resulting from the study of literary, archaeological, hagiological and visual sources which are depicted on the painting of the "Last Supper". The subject of the painting is the food displays and habits…
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7 May 2018 - 8 May 2018
”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, Xth edition
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