From the Babel project to the Pentecost. Restoring communication through the work of the Holy Spirit Cover Image

De la proiectul Babel la Cincizecime Restaurarea comunicării între oameni prin lucrarea Duhului Sfânt
From the Babel project to the Pentecost. Restoring communication through the work of the Holy Spirit

Author(s): Alexandru Moldovan
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: “the Babel project”; unity project; communication; word inflation; false prophets; antithetically parallel relationship; model of unity; human projects; unity in the Holy Spirit

Summary/Abstract: From the Babel project to the Pentecost. Restoring communication through the work of the Holy Spirit. The starting point of this study is represented by the Saviour’s words from Matthew’s gospel (Mt 12, 36). In its first part, the study sets to discover the meaning of these words and their relevance in today’s world. As always, the word of God is centred on us, the “servants of the word” (Lk 1, 2). The Holy Scripture has never been studied as it is today; there has never been as much talk about God as nowadays. However, it is now more than ever that we feel we must take into consideration Jesus’ warning addressed to the false prophets of his days because never until this day has the number of human words been as dense as to suffocate God’s word. The inflation of words also threatens the word of God. In its second part, the study brings into focus the antithetically paralleled relationship between the “episode of the Tower of Babel” from the 11th Chapter of the Book of Genesis and the “episode of the Pentecost” from the 2nd Chapter of the Acts and it presents the two models of unity reflected in these two biblical episodes.

  • Issue Year: XV/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 281-302
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian