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Rugăciunea sau adevăratul sens al existenţei
Prayer or the true meaning of existence

Author(s): Dumitru Horia Ionescu
Subject(s): Biblical studies, Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, Cultural Essay, Book-Review
Published by: Renaşterea Cluj
Keywords: Deacon Florin Petre; Saint John Cassian; prayer; Henri-Irénée Marrou; Gaul; monasticism;

Summary/Abstract: The present text is a chronicle of the volume De l’homme extérieur à l’homme intérieur : l’anthropologie spirituelle de saint Jean Cassien, signed by deacon Florin Petre. Deacon Florin Petre belongs to a new generation of theologians who dare to be modern precisely through the tireless search for an ideal relationship between tradition, experience and knowledge. At Florin Petre, the deep and successful study of theology is ennobled by the lucid and pious gesture of searching for the Truth with the support of unceasing prayer. His work, dedicated to Saint John Cassian, is the logical continuation of an exceptional doctoral thesis, presented with great success at the Faculty of Theology in Strasbourg. Father Florin Petre describes Saint John Cassian as a founder of monaster- ies but also as a spiritual builder, a theoretician of prayer, but also an ascetic in the purest sense of the term.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 41-43
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Romanian