„Total Adam” in the Theology of Saint Silouan the Athonite Cover Image

„Întregul Adam” în teologia Sfântului Siluan Athonitul
„Total Adam” in the Theology of Saint Silouan the Athonite

Author(s): Cosmin-Dan Bufnea
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: whole Adam; Silouan Athonite; Archimandrite Sophrony; persons; hypostasis; prayer

Summary/Abstract: With the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit, St. Silouan get to know the mystery of Saint Trinity's love. The love of God is linked by the love of the fellow men. The prayer ministry for the whole world get to assert the ontological unity consciousness of human nature, the content of this prayer being knowledge God's love. Prayer for the whole world in the spiritual life is analyzed by Archimandrite Sophrony associating the concept of universality with the concept of hypostasis or person. Prayer for "whole Adam" or "hypostatic prayer" is prayer which takes part with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane in the unhappiness and the suffering of the world. Prayer for "whole Adam" can be comprehended from the perspective of the communion of the Hypostases of the Holy Trinity.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2013
  • Issue No: Suppl_3
  • Page Range: 217-226
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian