The Need and the Sense of Religious Education Reform and of Theological Instruction, in Terms of Father Professor Dumitru Stăniloae  Cover Image

Nevoia și sensul reformei educației religioase și a învățământului teologic, în concepția Părintelui Profesor Dumitru Stăniloae
The Need and the Sense of Religious Education Reform and of Theological Instruction, in Terms of Father Professor Dumitru Stăniloae

Author(s): Ioan C. Teşu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: God; theology; spiritual knowledge; prayer; theological reform

Summary/Abstract: In the understanding of Father Dumitru St\niloae, theology means not talking about God, but talking to Him, the dialogue with Him achieved during a state of prayer. It is not an elaborate discourse about Him, but His call to a sincere and pure dialogue held with sincerity in the inside world. A dialogue achieved after a pure, focused prayer, which arises from purity and love. Similarly, theology doesn’t mean a system of knowledge about God, nor a speech about His attributes, but a dialog with Him, through a high spiritual life and through the pure prayer. He also emphasizes the sense of the theological education reform: through a high spiritual education, to the highest way of living and struggling.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 01+04
  • Page Range: 145-169
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Romanian