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Divković i Grličić – počeci bosanske i slavonske katekizamske književnosti

Author(s): Ivana Mikulić / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

The lives of the Franciscan Matija Divković (1563–1631) and of the Đakovopriest Ivan Grličić (cir. 1670 – post-1708) are marked by several commonalities: birth place (Jelaške, Olovo), living abroad in Italy for philosophical-theological studies, and pastoral work in the province of Bosna Srebrena. This paper focuses on their role in the earl y phase of catechism literature and their subjective catechetical strategies. Divkovićʼs catechisms– large Nauk krstjanski (1611) and small Nauk krstjanski (1616)belong to the first period of post-Tridentine Catholicism, and they are intended for the people of Bosnia. Grličićʼs catechism Put nebeski (1707) has characteristics of the second period of post-Tridentine Catholicism, and it is known as “the first Slavonian catechism.” These catechisms are compilations of different sources, including the catechism of Robert Bellarmin (1542–1621) as a main common source. It is important to note the authors’ subjective contributions to specific concepts and genres, which express their own views and interpretations on particular subjects of everyday life.This research is focused on the discourse of everyday life (religion, family,human life and honor, sexuality...) the Ten Commandments. Taking into consideration the authors’ temporal and spatial specificities, the paper attempts to explain models for cultural identity and religious formation in the post-Tridentine period.

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Major Constituents of Human Personality and their Role on Its Sustained Development – Vedāntic & Western Views

Author(s): Dilip Dutta / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

After highlighting the major psycho-physical constituents of human personality a la Vedānta, the paper has focused on (i) the role of mind/brain, individual soul/Universal Soul and individual Self/Cosmic Self on its sustained development & also on (ii) the distinguishing features of the Vedāntic views from those of the Western views.

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Author(s): Bratislav Ivanov / Language(s): Bulgarian

Bratislav Ivanov's new book is dedicated to the values and traditions of the Japanese culture. Already in the early twentieth century, French scientist Henry Dumolard draws attention to the fact that the Japanese people are guided by their logic and draw conclusions that are often incomprehensible to Europeans. To understand the Japanese people, we need to know the values that form the core of their culture. A key to their understanding is the geographical environment, mythology, religion, and Japan's history.

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Религията на Древен Египет

Author(s): Teodor Lekov / Language(s): Bulgarian,Egyptian (Ancient)

The book studies the Ancient Egyptian religion. The author describes the creation and its driving forces through the view of Egyptian concepts. The idea of God and the divine manifestations, the place of man in the world and the ways to achieve immortality are explored. The exposition is based on the study of ancient hieroglyphic texts and is illustrated with numerous examples. The book is intended for a wide range of readers who are interested in the religion and culture of Ancient Egypt. It contains three chapters: the world of gods, the creation of the world and the world of men. Special attention is paid on the concept of the kingship in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptian terminology and the names of gods and goddesses are formed as a dictionary at the еnd of the book.

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Книга на портите

Author(s): Teodor Lekov / Language(s): Bulgarian,Egyptian (Ancient)

The "Book of the Gates" is the third book of Ancient Egyptian Religious Texts series, which includes the main works of the Egyptian sacred tradition. "The Book of the Gates" is an ancient Egyptian magical book devoted to journey of the god of sun to the afterlife. Its name has been given because of the gates that close the spaces between the various parts of the underground kingdom. The book is intended for the Egyptian ruler; it was unavailable to the uninitiated. It first appeared in the middle of the New Kingdom (XIV BCE) and was recorded on the walls of the royal tombs.This edition contains an introduction, an ancient Egyptian translation (accompanied by translation), images of the scenes and commentary. It is published for the first time in Bulgarian.

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Разплата. История на Отон. Пратеничество в Константинопол. Разплата. История на Отон. Пратеничество в Константинопол

Author(s): Liudprand Liudprand of Cremona / Language(s): Bulgarian

This modern translation of all the surviving literary compositions ascribed to Liudprand, the bishop of Cremona from 962 to 972, offers unrivaled insight into society and culture in western Europe during the "iron century". Since Liudprand enjoyed the favor of the Saxon Roman emperor Otto the Great, and traveled to Constantinople more than once on official business, his narratives also reveal European attitudes toward the Byzantine Empire and the culture of its refined capital city. No other tenth-century writer had such privileged access to the high spheres of power, or such acerbic wit and willingness to articulate critiques of the doings of powerful people. Liudprand's historical texts (the Antapodosis on European events in the first half of the 900s, and his Historia Ottonison the rise to power of Otto the Great) provide a unique view of the recent past against a genuinely European backdrop, unusual in a time of localized cultural horizons. Liudprand's famous satirical description of his misadventures as Ottonian legate at the Byzantine court in 968 is a vital source of information on Byzantine ritual and diplomatic process, as well as a classic of medieval intercultural encounter. Readers interested in medieval European culture, the history of diplomacy, Italian and German medieval history, and the history of Byzantium will find this collection of translated texts rewarding. A full introduction and extensive notes help readers to place Liudprand's writings in context.

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Author(s): Evliya Çelebi / Language(s): Bulgarian

Evliya Celebi was an enlightened man in a variety of ways who believed in equality, freedom of thought and intellectual debate, and found all of these things present in Islamic societies. Over the course of his travels, he wrote ten volumes detailing his adventures. ‘Seyahatname’ – Book of Travels – is a unique and important text, representing one of the few accounts of the 17th century and the Ottoman world from the perspective of a Muslim. These are not just factual accounts, Evliya had a great imagination and just as important as his journal entries were the imaginative storytelling that ran alongside, elaborating, exaggerating, and fantasizing. Through his stories, we are prompted to think more imaginatively about our own travels and journeys to other cities. This 17th-century Muslim traveler can sometimes seem narrow-minded and yet this same man can stand in St Stephens Cathedral in Vienna and be moved by the music he hears. Sometimes these encounters lead to nothing but sometimes they lead to stories which are so deeply felt, and so universally melodic that they leave echoes which can still be heard and felt today. In 2011, the year which would have been his 400th birthday, Evliya is being paid homage as UNESCO’s Man of the Year.

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Danimarka Türk Toplumunda Cami Merkezli Dindarlik

Author(s): Ahmet Onay / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Cami, İslam dininin sosyal hayatı ilgilendiren en temel unsurlarındandır. Cami hem Müslümanlar hem de gayrimüslimler/inanmayanlar için önemli bir sosyal gerçektir. Müslümanların geleneğinde, imam, cami ve cemaat birbirinden ayrı düşünülemeyen bir üçlüdür. Medine Mescidi’nin kurulma-sından sonra Müslümanların bireysel dinî meselelerini ve sosyal hayata dair hemen her şeylerini camide konuşup müzakere etmeye ve ona göre yaşantılarına yön vermeye başladıkları görülmektedir. O zamandan günümüze ka-dar İslam’ın ulaştığı her yerde dindarlığın, cami merkezli olarak şekillendiği, geliştiği ve devamlılık sağladığı söylenebilir.

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Danimarka’da Türkler: Göçmenlik, Etnisite ve Din

Author(s): Nebile Özmen / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Göç, insanların ve toplumların çoğunlukla daha iyi yaşam koşullarına ulaşmak için başvurduğu, ancak sonuçları itibariyle göçmenlerin hedefledikleri olumlu/iyi koşulların yanı sıra sorunlara da yol açan bir olgudur. Günümüzde göç dünya devletlerinin hemen hepsini ilgilendiren devasa sonuçlarıyla uluslararası gündemi meşgul eden bir sorun haline gelmiştir. Birleşmiş Milletler Uluslararası Göç Örgütü (IOM), 2020 Göç Raporuna göre, günümüzde anavatanı dışında yaşamak durumunda kalan göçmen nüfusu 272 milyona yaklaşmıştır (IOM, 2020). Bu rakam Dünya nüfusunun %3,5’ine tekabül etmektedir. Oysa 2000 yılında dünyada 150 milyon göçmen bulunmaktaydı. Hız kesmeden devam eden bu artış, gerek uluslararası kuruluşların ve devletlerin gerekse de bilim adamlarının göç ile ilgili konuları gündemlerinde tutmalarını zorunlu kılmaktadır.

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Invocarea numelui divinității în rugăciune. Isihasm vs. mistica Bhakti

Author(s): Gheorghe Mihalache / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The divine name or the name of the divinity represents a cardinal element of particular importance for a religious system. The invocation of the divine name legitimizes the relationship that the Divinity has with the one who recognizes it as the source and target of his spiritual becoming. Hesychasm, characterized by withdrawal and the practice of prayer of the heart, can be for contemporary man a testimony of the presence of divine grace in the life of the world. As for Eastern Christianity, hesychasm created a school of spiritual vision, by saying the name of the Named Son of God, in the Far East, a testimony of the relationship with the divine, by saying his name in chants, is Bakhti Mysticism. Our approach aims to identify the differences and similarities between the practice of uttering the name of Jesus Christ, as an essential element in Hesychasm, and the practice of invoking the name of divinities promoted within Bakhti Mysticism.

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Întrebarea cu privire la sensul vieții ca prilej de a ne întâlni cu noi înșine, cu Dumnezeu, și cu semenii. Analiza unor reflecții filosofice din perspectiva teologiei ortodoxe

Author(s): Ciprian Apostol / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Today, when questioning the meaning of life, we identify certain attitudes. In the following lines, I propose to specify some of these attitudes, which I will later analyse from a theological point of view, highlighting the specifics of Christian thought regarding the aforementioned question. On the one hand, the inspiration for such an approach came after reading the first part of the last paper published by the Member of the Romanian Academy Ștefan Afloroaei, Despre simțul vieții [‘On the meaning of life’], entitled, „Din nou întrebarea cu privire la sensul vieții” [‘Again the question of the meaning of life’], in particular, the chapter, „Un reflex al acestui timp: chestionarea sceptică a întrebării” [‘A Reflection of This Time: The Sceptical Questioning of the Question’]. We have identified some arguments on which such an attitude of the authors is based, such as: David E. Cooper, John Wisdom, Kai Nielsen, Tim. J. Mawson, Constantin Noica, Jean Grondin. On the other hand, in the theological reflections we had as source of inspiration, first of all, an explanatory note of Father Dumitru Stăniloae to the apology of Saint Athanasius the Great regarding the fact that Christ asked questions humanly, highlighting at the same time that He humbled Himself by becoming a Man to such an extent that He assumed all that was proper to this nature, including the question of asking questions, but not the sin that entered into this nature through disobedience. The explanatory note (in which Father Stăniloae deepens what does the fact of asking ourselves questions represents from a theological point of view, together with another text from the Homilies and speeches of Saint Basil the Great) is in fact the foundation of the theological reflections I develop in these pages on the question of the meaning of life. At the end of this study, I will conclude that, from a theological point of view, the question of the meaning of life provides an opportunity to meet ourselves, God, and others.

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Pnevmatic experience in prayer from the perspective of Orthodox theology and Pentecostal theology. Missiological evaluation

Author(s): Alexandru Baciu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Man, created by God in His image, is by excellence a Eucharistic and liturgical being, and his purpose is to glorify God in prayer. Prayer, from the perspective of Orthodox theology, is not only a form of dialogue with God, it is also a spiritual union with Him. It is a work of the Holy Trinity in man (Revelation 3: 20). Philocalic parents say that it is a gift, a spiritual food for the mind, a way of existence of the new man reborn by grace, the sight of the unseen, trust in what is desired, the feast of angels, the fruit of joy and thanksgiving, the appearance of God and for His work is one, the work of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, who worketh all in Jesus Christ. It is, after all, an act of faith, but especially of love. From the perspective of Pentecostal theology, prayer is the most important spiritual activity of the congregation, but also of the believer alone. It encompasses and captures any other activity and expresses the emotional richness of the Christian. According to Steven Jack Land, “Pentecostal prayer” is exalted (performed) in three forms, modeling and expressing “Pentecostal affections” (gratitude, compassion, and courage) each in its own way. These forms are: with understood words, often articulated, expressing gratitude, without words concretized in sighs, sighs showing compassion, and with misunderstood words as an expression of the acquisition of the gift of speaking in tongues, often emphasizing courage, confidence and hope.

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Virtutea curajului în filosofia antică și la Părinții filocalici

Author(s): Bogdan-Vlăduț Brînză / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The aim of this article is to present in short the vision over the virtue of courage in the Classical Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle in comparison with some Philokalic Fathers as Peter of Damascus, Elder Barsanuphius, Nikitas Stithatos and others, in order to prove the superiority of the Christianity, showing that the courage is more a quality of the soul, is at the base of all virtues and it leads to salvation, the goal of the Christian life.

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„Asaltul Cerului” – Søren Kierkegaard și Ioan Scărarul. O analiză asupra pseudonimiei filosofului danez

Author(s): Vlăduț Cârlan / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Four of the pseudonyms under which Søren Kierkegaard wrote his work reflect the mystical dimension and emphasis on interiority, and two of them have the equivalent in historical figuers: (1) Johannes Climacus - St. John of The Ladder, 7th century and (2)Johannes de Silentio – John the Silent or John the Hesychast, 5th-6th century. Given this aspect, in this article I will analyze the first pseudonym, more precisely the relationship between Johannes Climacus and his historical analogue, Ioannes Klimakos. What is the reason why Kierkegaard chose the name of the one of the most important mystical writers of the first christian millenium as his main pseudonym? Is this choice purely arbitrary? Is this similarity between the idea of spiritual ascension encountered in John of the Ladder and the ascending pattern that Johannes Climacus applies to his philosophical ”system” a mere coincidence? Starting from this questions, I will prove that the danish philosopher has precise reasons when he chooses his pseudonym. This reasons are centered on the „archetype of the spiritual ascent” manifested by the biblical metaphor of the „Ladder of Paradise”. Both Johannes Climacus and John of the Ladder aim the „assault of Heaven”; the first, through an investigative-intellectual approach (as a „thought project” of „poetic experiment”), from outside Christianity, but guided by a passionate interest in finding out the truth of this teaching; the second, by the radical ascetic-mystical method specific to the monastic life. One seeks the truth of Christianity in order to assume it at the existential level, the other seeks to unite with God, but both have the same goal - the attainment of spiritual perfection.

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L'expérience de la rencontre de Dieu: convergences entre la théologie patristique et la spiritualité pentecôtiste

Author(s): Adrian Leș / Language(s): French Publication Year: 0

La ressemblance entre les expériences spirituelles décrites par de nombreux Pères de l'Église et la manifestation du Saint-Esprit dans les nouveaux mouvements charismatiques a déjà été remarquée par certains théologiens. Cette étude vise à découvrir et analyser les congruences que l'on peut remarquer entreles écrits concernant la théologie de la déification de trois Pères qui sont représentatifs pour trois périodes marcantes de l'histoire de l'Église et les spécificités de la manifestation spirituelle pentecôtiste. L'importance de vivre en Dieu et avec Dieu, le salut compris comme relation decommunion entre l'homme et Dieu, l'oeuvre de l'Esprit Saint dans la personne humaine et les expériences qui peuvent découler de cette synergie (diverses formes d'extase mystique) nesont que quelques thèmes communs aux deux théologies que cette étude développera. Même s'il y a des caractéristiques très difficiles à conjuguer avec la théologie et la pensée patristique, dans son processus d'auto-définition théologique, en l'occurrencedans la compréhension de sa propre théologie expérientielle ou mystique, il semble que le pentecôtisme semble plus proche de la théologie patristique qu'il ne l'aurait imaginé luimême.

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«As an Angel of Light», Imagination and Discernment at Prayer. An Essay in Comparison between Diadochus of Photike and Symeon the New Theologian

Author(s): Marcelo Singh / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In 2 Corinthians 11: 14 Saint Paul warns us about the tricks of Satan that can disguise himself as an angel of light. The exegesis of this text raises in some authors a reflection about the necessity of discernment during prayer. Imagination could bring confusion and misunderstanding, and could particularly become an open door for the bad spirit into the human soul. This is the problem that Diadochus of Photike points out. In his One Hundred practical texts, he explicitly refers to the Angel of Light (chapter 40). First, I intend to read this expression in the context of the same work, including a fundamental study of “imagination” (φαντασία) and “discernment” (διάκρισις). For the second part, I will introduce the exegesis of 2 Corinthians in Symeon the New Theologian, taking his teaching of Ethics XV, 89 as a basis: «Taste and see that who is darkness, presents himself to the imagination in the form of an angel of light» (ἄγγελον φωτός).

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Mintea și inima la Sfântul Luca al Crimeei. Perspective filocalice și fiziologice

Author(s): Marian Ursu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In this study I will show the mystical content of the notions of mind and heart, as well as the relationship between them, presenting some physiological-medical approaches that confirm the spiritual doctrine of the union of mind and heart. An exponent of this interdisciplinary approach, living in the twentieth century, was St. Luke of Crimea. This author presents the traditional philokalic spirituality of the relationship between mind and heart through a physiological-medical discourse. Thus, this author confirms in scientific terms the spirituality of uniting the mind with the heart. At the same time, I will complete this interdisciplinary approach with some contemporary scientific studies that show that there is a real communication between mind and heart.

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Înmormântarea mirenilor în Molitfelnicele Sinodale – studiu istorico-liturgic

Author(s): Dănuț-Bogdan Palcău / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Romanian Church has came up with 17 editions of the Euchologion after received the autocephaly. From the rites presented in this book, without a doubt, the one which is mostly used is the funeral of the laity. Analysing it, indifferent editions of the Euchologion, I observed that we can find some differences. On one hand, we can observe a series of differences in regards to the structure on which this rites is build, and on the other hand, the changes can be observed on the content of particular elements. The proposed study contains an inventory of all the differences, highlighting them in a systematical way. At the same time, a question related to the root-cause of these differences is born. The secondary purpose of this study, having the same value as the one above, is to show the origin of all these differences. With this approach, we propose to present the way in which the desire for correcting and improving the writings has been born, in regards to the funeral of laity, in the synodal Euchologions.

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Manuscrise ale Arhieraticoanelor românești din Biblioteca Academiei Române

Author(s): Iulian-Ciprian Rusu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Archieratikon (slav. Chinovnik, eng. Bishop's Service Book) is the name for the service book that includes on one hand the liturgical guide (gr. typikon), together with the content of the services officiated only by the bishops: like cheirotonia and cheirothesia, The Holy Myrrh sanctification, consecration for churches and antimensions and, on the other hand, typikonal rubrics for services with bishop participation: Vespers, Mattins and Holy Liturgy. In the following study we shall use term Archieratikon also with meaning correlated with those fascicle – excerpts from Bishop's Service Book – containing one or more rubrics for bishop liturgical services. The reasoning for this use consists in the following ascertainment: a book named Archieratikon with his properly individuality, with a similar extent or table of contents and an identical name did not existed until 1890, when the first Archieratikon was printed, with the Holy Romanian Orthodox Church Synod approval and blessing. That's why Archieratikon - manuscripts dated before this event have a permissive, discretionary and subjective character. The Romanian Archieratikon books could not afford the expensive luxury of typography, since the book was used, theoretically, by the archiereus only. Every bishop used to extract only what he subjectively considered necessary, and he was paying a copyist to make his own Archieratikon. Although the uniformity of services and typicon order has suffered in this context, there was a very high positive impact on ecclesial culture, consisting of manuscripts with ornaments, miniatures, frontispieces – real pieces of art, Romanian treasures of culture and spirituality. Therewith, studying these manuscripts, we can affirm that their development was an essential factor in Romanian language evolution and maturation.

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Societas Classica. Култури и религии на Балканите, в Средиземноморието и Изтока. Том 9

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,Russian,Greek, Modern (1453-)

𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎 is a multilingual collection of papers presented at the international scientific conference that has been organized by the Department of Classical and Eastern Languages ​​and Cultures of St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) since 2002. Until 2015, the conference was held annually. Since 2018, it is held once every two years. St Cyril and St Methodius University Press issues the collection within the Dr. Nicola Piccolo series. The wide range of topics and the opportunity for authors to submit their academic publications in the original language attracts researchers from all over the world.

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