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LIBERTATEA OMULUI – CALEA SPRE DESĂVÂRȘIRE SAU CALEA SPRE DEZNĂDEJDE
Human Freedom – The Path to Perfection or the Path to Despair

Author(s): Corneliu-Dragoş Bălan, Florina Bălan
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Editions IARSIC
Keywords: freedom; grace; unhappiness; suffering; depression;

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to examine how contemporary man uses the divine gift of freedom. On the one hand, man, freed from sin by the Sacrament of Baptism, can grow in freedom to the extent that he opens himself to the work of grace and fulfils the works of freedom, i.e. the virtues. On the other hand, if he is caught up in the whirlwind of life’s various choices in order to find professional fulfilment, he may not find his desires fulfilled and may not feel the joy of earthly life, thus falling prey to fears, fears, unhappiness and neurotic-depressive behaviour, which has been exacerbated in recent years by the various global crises (the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in the Soviet Union, etc.).

  • Issue Year: 11/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 329-340
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian