Abisul morţii omului şi taina învierii noastre în Iisus Hristos - Domnul nostru

Author(s): Adrian Gheorghe Paul / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2017

Christian religion, with all its teaching revealed by God, is deeply grounded in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, which determines us to preach the reality that man’s death is not an end, but a beginning, and life here on earth is just the preface or introduction into the future life. In other words, the Christian vision of man’s life and death is that the moment of death is not the conclusion, the end of life for man, but only the beginning, the main content of eternal life in which he enters, as through a gate, from the moment of his death-passage. This study addresses the issue of our Christian life and death in Jesus Christ, the Living and Resurrected, on the basis of faith and living in the graceful harmony of the Christian life acquired in the Church by participating in the sacramental liturgical life.

Accente ale activității omiletice a clerului din Moldova și Muntenia în sprijinul realizării Unirii Principatelor Române

Author(s): Valerian Marian / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2010

The Romanian Orthodox Church is a national Church, which in its specific and unique way, stands at the nation’s foundation. Thus, the religious identity of the romanian people has played an essential role in the achievement of national unity all thoroughout history. In this respect, the present paper illustrates the clerics’ omiletic activity in Moldavia and Muntenia in supporting the Unification of the Romanian Principalities. The study highlights the most important handouts, sermons and occasional allocutions of bishops and preasts from Moldavia and Muntenia in favour of the Unification.

Act de sfinţire a Catedralei Mântuirii Neamului sau Catedrala Naţională

Author(s): Patriarhul Daniel / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2018

Adalékok Felvinczi György életéhez

Author(s): Nagy Norbert / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 3/2022

György Felvinczi (1645(?)–1716) is one of the most mentioned poets from the 16th–17th centuries. He studied at the Unitarian College of Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), but after a love scandal he went to serve culture instead of the church. Some researchers say that Felvinczi, who is the writer of the first Hungarian opera, left the Unitarian religion. With the help of new archival sources we can prove that Felvinczi remained Unitarian until his death. This article offers a short chronological summary of Felvinczi’s life and the story of the school drama, as well as newly discovered archival data.

Aktualność charyzmatu franciszkańskiego w przepowiadaniu papieża Franciszka

Author(s): Jarosław Egidiusz Włodarczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2022

Presentation of the current relevance of franciscan charisma in Pope Francis’ preaching is the aim of this article. The franciscan spirituality and the Pope Bergoglio’s teaching are very extensive issues. Indentification of all the common points would require more comprehensive study. In the paper there was made a summary of the most important facts and statements of Pope that confirms his fascination with Saint Francis from Assisi. The fact that living 800 years after the saint’s death, the Pope chooses St. Francis for his patron and often reminds his person and his words, showing it as a valuable guidance for a comtemporary man, indicates constant relevance of franciscan charizma.

Aktualność terminu 'planao' na tle teologii Apokalipsy św. Jana: Aktualność terminu planaw,w na tle teologii Apokalipsy św. Jana

Author(s): Łukasz Garbacki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 15/2014

This article portrays the use of the verb "planao" on the background of the theology of the Revelation of st. John. It shows how is the way Satan and his followers work in the world. Satan wants to deceive every man in the world and he is doing this unceasingly. He wants to enter all fields of man’s life and by this to pretend God. In this way we Christians have to unceasingly watch to protect pursewes his from actions. We also have gather to serve Jesus,who is the road, the truth and the life.

Aktywność nauczyciela religii w przeciwdziałaniu agresji elektronicznej wśród młodzieży

Author(s): Anna Zellma / Language(s): Polish Issue: 15/2014

Electronic aggression, a phenomenon currently taking place among young people, poses difficult tasks for teachers. They relate to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in theschool environment and require the cooperation of headmasters, teachers and parents. The analyses undertaken in the study present the specificity of the activities of the religious education teacher aimed at preventing aggression among young people. Firstly, the scope of meaning of ‘electronic aggression’ has been given. Next, the multidimensionality of electronic aggression among the young has been pointed out. In this context, preventive measures taken by the religious education teacher in the school environment have been described. Aims, tasks and rules, as well as forms, methods and means necessary for the prevention of electronic aggression among young people have been brought to attention. The cooperation of the religious education teacher with the headmaster, parents and other teachers in carrying out the tasks set by the school prevention programme has been considered significant.

Aleš Črnič in Anja Pogačnik: Religija in šola. Poučevanje o religiji in njena simbolna prisotnost v javni šoli

Author(s): Igor Jurekovič / Language(s): Slovenian Issue: 99/2022

Review of: Aleš Črnič in Anja Pogačnik: Religija in šola. Poučevanje o religiji in njena simbolna prisotnost v javni šoli. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2021. 180 strani (ISBN: 978-961-235-990-4)

Amplifikacja wezwania do nawrócenia w wypowiedziach papieża Franciszka

Author(s): Sebastian Wiśniewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2022

Pope Francis repeatedly calls Catholics to conversion. However, he amplifies the very concept of “conversion” outlines new research perspectives, which include, among others, the problem of “ecological conversion” and the approach to the question of confessional conversion. The Pope also amplifies the model of conversion, modifying it and giving it a single-vector direction. It is therefore worth reflecting on the challenges that contemporary theological reflection and the Church’s pastoral activity are facing in the face of the papal call for conversion.

And Which Ones Are You? The Question of Evangelical Believers’ Identity

Author(s): Ervin Budiselić / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

Prompted by the recent census, the author of this essay reflects on the question of evangelical believers’ identity. The first part offers a short historical overview of the Reformation, and the second speaks about similarities and differences between the Protestant and the Radical Reformation. Since there are theological differences between the two, and since the Radical Reformation stemmed from the same starting point as the Protestant Reformation, the third part considers what would be the best way to call and identify believers of those churches. In the end, speaking from the Croatian context, the author sides with the term “churches of the Reformation heritage,” although the problem remains as to which term should be used for believers in such churches.

Andrej Cvinček a jeho činnosť v Ústrednej správe cirkevných veľkostatkov Dr. Pavla Jantauscha, trnavského apoštolského administrátora

Author(s): Stanislav Žlnay / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 4/2022

Catholic priest and canon Anderj Cvinček expect of his political commitment make on one important assignment, who is forgotten. The Apostolic Administrator of Trnava Bishop Pavol Jantausch chose him and appointed to the top of Administration the sacral proprieties Dr. Pavol Jantuasch. Under this administration belong some properties of Diocese Rozňava, too. And this work caused trouble with diocese Bishop Michal Bubnič. Andrej Cvinček was a Member of Parliament, member of different societies and journalist, too. By personal request of bishop Jantausch was Andrej Cvinček designed as the Apostolic protonotary.

Aniołowie w służbie Bogu i człowiekowi

Author(s): Ireneusz Skoczeń,Adam Chrapusta / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

The article discusses the tasks and role of angels in human life and their mission in the service of God and man. It introduces their nature and significance and draws attention to their presence in the life of man and the Church. It rejects the image of “media angels”, heroes of outer space, fighting against good and evil possessing a secret power which they acquire from the energy of the universe. The text is also a concise study based on Scripture and gives examples of the interventions of God’s messengers at key moments in human history. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to analyse the texts of Scripture in which the content about angels is recorded and to draw on Tradition. The material gathered in this way had to be critically analysed in order to obtain a concise picture and outline of the topic of angels. Above all, it was a question of sources and a method of understanding the nature of angels. Following the analysis, it can be multiply concluded that angels are spirits created by God. The authors of the text dissociate themselves from the image of angels perpetuated in pop culture as cupids, spirits and protectors in various life situations.

Anthropos – The Human Being: The Paradigms of an Integral Anthropological Model, Fr. Alexandru Buzalic

Author(s): Florin Toader Tomoioagă / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

Review of: The book entitled Anthropos-Omul: Paradigmele unui model antropologic integral (Anthropos – The Human Being: The Paradigms of an Integral Anthropological Model) represents a theological investigation of the meaning of human being at the beginning of the 21st century.

Antón M. Pazos, Las reliquias de Santiago. Documentos fundamentales de la reinventio de 1879, Censejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela 2021, ss.413

Author(s): Piotr Roszak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 50/2022

APOLOGIA CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIEGO ROZUMIENIA SZCZĘŚCIA W REFLEKSJI TEOLOGICZNEJ JOSEPHA RATZIGNERA

Author(s): Martyna Kozakiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

Since the dawn of time, people have attempted to answer fundamental questions about their existence. One of the topics that philosophers, thinkers and theologians have dealt with since the very beginning of civilizations the experience of happiness. Depending on the era and the adopted thought system, happiness was defined in a completely different way. Greek philosophers, Jewish religion thought, and contemporary social and philosophical trends, such as materialism or anarchism, had different views on this subject. But what does theology have to say about happiness? What are the characteristics of the Christian understanding of happiness, what makes it unique and what is it based on? Finally, how the credibility and rationality of the Christian message of happiness can be shown? The article is an attempt to answer the following questions, taking as sources selected works of Joseph Ratzinger, whose teaching about happiness is not only extremely deep and interesting, but also has an undeniably apologetic value.

Apostolatul paulin – între iudaism şi creştinism. O perspectivă modernă privind impactul convertirii Apostolului Pavel

Author(s): Marius-Ioan Sabou / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2018

The present study outlines the Jewish and Hellenistic influences that have left their mark on the theological and missionary personality of the Apostle Paul, starting from the autobiographical remarks of the apostle, to the perspectives of modern theologians on this subject. The present study also underlines the conversion of Paul as an escape from measuring justice in terms of the distinctiveness of the covenant and the practice within Judaism, the conversion being of an existential nature and not of an ethical nature. Thus, the Apostle Paul was not an immoral person or an transgressor of divine commandments, but he converted to a new religious perspective due to faith in Christ.

Apostolska idea życia ukrytego na podstawie dzieła O zgromadzeniach ukrytych przed światem (Katechizm życia ukrytego) bł. Honorata Koźmińskiego

Author(s): Marcin Godawa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 51/2022

The aim of this paper is the presentation of the idea of hidden life and its apostolic dimension according to bl. Honorat Koźmiński (1829-1916), a Polish Capuchin and founder of numerous religious orders. This project has been actualised by the analysis and synthesis of the work O zgromadzeniach ukrytych przed światem (Katechizm życia ukrytego) [On the Congregations Hidden from the World – the Catechism of the Hidden Life) [Krakow 1901]. The present examination, made from the perspective of spiritual theology, reveals authentic monastic character of the hidden life and its application to apostolic tasks in various social states. Dealing with Koźmiński’s particular document is to contribute to research on his plentiful heritage, all the more that his idea corresponds with a broader spiritual notion of hidden life in contemporary times.

Apusul şi Răsăritul creştin în viziunea părintelui Serafim Rose

Author(s): Ciprian Gligan / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2018

Father Seraphim Rose tell us that the modern human created a new ,,God”, a God modeled as faithfully as possible after the new times pattern concerned of science and business; he thought that we are all under a different Western influence and a Orthodox awakening it would be necessary in our days, because for a lot of us the Orthodoxy became just a matter of belonging to a Church organization. Needer catholic or protestant terminology was the beggest concern of father Seraphim, but our own indiference to the coming of the Antichrist. We should not ignore the West and certenely needer the ones who believe in western belives, but on the contrary, where there are mistakes, it would be better to correct them, because a helthy Orthodoxy... can receive easy any foreign influence and make it orthodox. The biggest concern of father Seraphim was how many Christians will remain in Church fighting for Jesus.

Arca lui Noe: dimensiunile şi forma ei. Tripla interpretare a referatului biblic după modelul lui Origen

Author(s): Eusebiu Borca / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2014

Noah was the tenth in descendent from Adam. In the line of Seth, he was the son of Lamech, and grandson of Methuselah. When he was born, his father calls him Noah, because he will “comfort us, for our work and labour of our hands, because of (or from) the ground which Jehovah hath cursed”. For some Christian writers, this was a prophetic feeling, a prophecy of the Messiah. The Ark was constructed in three tiers, one above another, and was divided in small compartments convenient for distribution of the different animals and their food. For letting the light, the Ark has a window which was finished “to a cubit above”. Also there was a door, placed in the side of the Ark. Finally, the Ark dimensions are: 300 cubits in length, 50 in breadth and 30 in height. This huge structure was intended only to float on the water and was not in the proper sense of the word a ship.Origen believes that this episode is more appropriate for a prophecy about Christ. To understand this, we have to ascend through the individual levels of the dwellings. Noah’s name (rest and rightness) shows that he must be understood as Jesus Christ (who has given rest to all humanity). The instructions for making the Ark have a mystical meaning. The dimensions of the Ark, the numbers symbolized crucifixion, Jesus Christ, the Church, the human body, the Trinity, the Pentecost. Also, the door symbolizes the way which those who come to Christ must to enter in. The squared timbers (rectangular wood) symbolized supporters of faith (teachers and preachers) who have to defend the Church from the attacking of pagans or heretics. Evan the animals from the Ark symbolizes all humanity, who live inside the Church, but in different stages.