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Father Dumitru Stăniloae and the Renewal of the Orthodox Dogmatics in Romania
Father Dumitru Stăniloae and the Renewal of the Orthodox Dogmatics in Romania

Author(s): Cristinel Ioja
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Orthodox Dogmatics; Dumitru Stăniloae; renewal;

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the contribution of Father Dimitru Stăniloae to the development of Orthodox Dogmatics in the 20th century. The renewal he produced in this field of Theology was based on several specifi c aspects of his approach: the connectionof patristic theology with the Scripture and the Church; an integrated view ofdogma, spirituality and the Liturgy of the Church; rediscovery of the Palamitetheology of the uncreated divine energies; unity between natural-supernatural andapophatic-cataphatic; a theology of creation with emphasis on the inter-relationshipbetween God-man-world without confusion, on the cosmic dimension of salvationin Christ, on the sacramental-ecclesiological dimension of cosmology, and onits eschatological and transfi gurative destiny; Christ’s centrality within theology,creation, Church and the history of humankind; a conception of the Church whichkeeps together the institutional aspect with the eschatological and charismatic one,the sacramental one with the one of spiritual communion

  • Issue Year: 81/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 38-50
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English