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LUMINA TINEREȚII ȘI TINEREȚEA LUMINII
LIGHTFUL YOUTH AND YOUTHFUL LIGHT

Author(s): Dragoş Ioan Şuşman
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Light;Crux;Sacrifice;Love;Resurrection;

Summary/Abstract: This study is an exploration of an essential theme of human life in general and Christian life in particular: the light. If God creates within light and defines Himself as light, it is the human being’s duty to follow the example, to do the deeds of light in order to become light himself. The answer to the question: “How can man become light? Is found among the pages of the Scripture. Reading the Scriptures, man discovers that he is called by God towards a light beyond this world, the uncreated light that flows from the being of the Creator. This light is the expression of personal sacrificial love, it is the way in which God descends to meet the being that He crowned as ruler of creation. But this meeting becomes possible only if the human being reaches the appropriate state of heart, sacrificial love. In other words, man is called to acquire the resemblance to the One that created him according to His Image.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 423-436
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian