No. 5-8, Mai-August 2020

Contents

CHRISTIAN FAMILY IN THE CONTEMPORANEOUSNESS

Rev. Prof. PhD. Ioan C. TEȘU Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae" of Iași
The Family in the Digital Age (I)
Digital technology is, undoubtedly, part of the contemporary human’s life. It has not only trickled…
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Rev. Prof. PhD. David PESTROIU Faculty of Orthodox Theology „Justinian Patriarhul”, Bucharest
Mother of God — a Model for the Christian Family. Current Missionary Realities Regarding the Reverence of the Mother of God
Facing of many challenges to the reverence of the Mother of God, formulated by representatives of…
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Rev. Vasile BURLACU Parish of the County Hospital from Botoșani
Missionary Priests in Hospitals — Messengers of Goodness in the Midst of Suffering
In our country there are many charitable priests who carry out their activity in various hospital…
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Rev. Prof. PhD. Bassam NASSIF ”St. John of Damascus” Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
Revisiting the Marital Household as the ‘Little Church’
 In the Orthodox Church, marriage is the mysterion of the Kingdom. However, the appearance of…
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PhD. Cand. Vasile POSTOLACHI Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae" of Iași
Mother of God in the Apocryphal Writings Attributed to the Old Testament Authors (II)
The Testament of The 12 Patriarchs, Solomon's odes, Isaiah's Ascension and even lives of the…
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Rev. Researcher III PhD. Liviu PETCU Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae" of Iași
Early Christian, Latin and Greek Inscriptions – The Incontestable Evidence for the Practice of Infant Baptism (I)
In this article I intend to highlight the fact that ancient Christian inscriptions can help us just…
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Rev. PhD. Lucian Mihăiță FILIP Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae" of Iași
A Critical Review of Andrew Louth, Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology
The author’s aim is to provide an analysis of the current state of theology, what led to it, and…
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PhD. Cand. Vlad Adrian GHIŢĂ Faculty of Orthodox Theology „Justinian Patriarhul”, Bucharest
Violence in the Contemporary Islam
The aim of this study is to defend the historical truth that Islam has spread through violence by…
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PhD. Cand. Arpine PAPIKYAN Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Department of Ecumenical Theology and the History of Eastern Christianity, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
The Mechanisms of Implementing Forced Secularization in Soviet Armenia: The Case of the Armenian Apostolic Church
As a historical process secularization should not be regarded as a “once-for-all unilateral process…
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Rev. Ph.D. Cand. Cosmin-Florin BIRIȘ Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă, Universitatea „Babeş-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca
Patriarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Dialogue
The present study includes references regarding the activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church at…
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FATHERS OF THE CHURCH (TRANSLATIONS)

Rev. Prof. PhD. Dragoș BAHRIM The Orthodox Theological Seminary „Sf. Vasile cel Mare” from Iași , Laura ENACHE
Saint Anastasius of Sinai, The First Word to the Anagogical Spiritual Interpretation of the Six Days of Creation
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REVIEWS

Researcher PhD. Florin CRÎȘMĂREANU Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi
Eustrate of Constantinopole, About the Condition of the Souls After Death
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PhD. Cand. Alexandru Nicolae AGIGNOAEI Faculty of Orthodox Theology from Alba Iulia
Răzvan Brudiu, "Trampling down death by death". The Liturgical-Missionary Dimension of the Funeral Service
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PhD. Ştefan MĂRCULEŢ "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu
Rev. Nicolae Chifăr, Dragoş Boicu, Empire and priesthood. Dynamics of Church-State relations in the Roman-Byzantine Empire (306-867)
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