The cosmic nature of the Church Cover Image

Natura cosmică a Bisericii
The cosmic nature of the Church

Author(s): Constantin Valentin Bugiulescu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: nature of Church; ecclesial; virtues; harice; unity in diversity;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the ontological reality of Church, to the extent that it may be discovered, because the Church is not a simple perceived reality rationally defined, but it is rather a reality connected to inner mystical nature. The Church state is the state of accessing all progressive steps to God, the "flight" to life in communion with God, which remains in itself a paradoxical Union of opposites. The passage of man to God is whole and complete, it is not only a pass of the soul, it makes and the world rise up in God too. The goal is an endless involvement into the Divine infinity, the persistence of the human being, of the will and the work in this Union with God in Church in a "mutual pincer ' of the human with the divine through Christ in the Holy Spirit. In this regard, Church is spiritual in nature, her experience is one of Constantinople. That's why the reality of the Church can be experienced by all and everywhere, regardless of the place or the age where someone lived. The nature and the experience of the Church is a cosmic one.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 45-50
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian