OLD AGE AND YOUTH IN THE MYSTERY OF MAN'S PERSONAL RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
OLD AGE AND YOUTH IN THE MYSTERY OF MAN'S PERSONAL RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
Author(s): Nicolae GavrilăSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: communion; confession; elderliness; holiness; reconciliation; sin; spiritual guidance;
Summary/Abstract: The view of Eastern spirituality on aging and death is different to the secular one. The believe in and the following of Jesus Christ as Lord – fully God and fully human in essense – opens the door to everyone to the everlasting life, a state of incorruptibility of the body and absence of any sorrow for the soul. Forgiveness and reconciliation, promoted in the Church as remedies to the effects of the sinfull life and as ways of accessing a fruitfull communion with the Triune God, become effective if totally assumed by the believer, and do not work as automatic, mechanical acts. This simple, yet also intense, process of rejuvenating, regenerating the human person starts from the earthly life as an affirmative answer to God’ calling and as first steps of openness towards the authentic dialogue with God, which will rich its peak in the life to come.
Journal: International Journal of Theology, Philosophy and Science
- Issue Year: 8/2024
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 70-79
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
