Canonical regulations regarding heritage and mission of the Church Cover Image

Reglementări canonice privind patrimoniul și misiunea Bisericii
Canonical regulations regarding heritage and mission of the Church

Author(s): Marius Iovan
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: canon; mission; heritage; church virtue;

Summary/Abstract: The notion of religious heritage, in the organization and functioning of the Romanian Orthodox Church, expresses all of the property belonging to parishes, hermitages, monasteries, deaneries, vicariates, bishops,archbishops, metropolitans and Patriarchate, associations and foundations established by the Church, and funds for a religious purpose, and church foundational wealth. The necessity of church property since the beginningof Christianity, for helping the poor, was a fundamental prerequisite forthe life of the Church. By employing these goods shows that the Churchuses to achieve its goal by using material resources. This means acquire a supernatural character by the application or their use, in accordance withthe needs of the Church. Without material goods Church could not fulfill the role of aids to the needy, that could not capitalize Christian virtue of charity.

  • Issue Year: XX/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-164
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian