SPIRITUAL RHETORIC. ETHICS AND AESTHETICS OF ORTHODOX PREACHING
SPIRITUAL RHETORIC. ETHICS AND AESTHETICS OF ORTHODOX PREACHING

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the connection between ethics and aesthetics in Orthodox preaching is exposed. The sermon is not simply a theological discourse, but an act of communion,in which the word becomes the means of grace, mirroring revealed truths and the way these truths are lived and incarnated in the life of the minister and the community. The paper emphasises how the preacher is called to be more than anorator or a religious pedagogue. He is to become a spiritual father capable of leading souls to the Kingdom of God through the rigour of his words and the personal example of a life lived in humility, love and liturgical purity. The ethos of the preacher becomes a criterion of homiletical authenticity, and his spiritual transparency is indispensable if the sermon is to be truly fruitful and fruitful in the hearts of the faithful. The research emphasises the aesthetic dimension of the sermon as an expression of a theological beauty that springs from the very structure and divine purpose of the Church.

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