TEOLOGIA anul XXI, nr. 2 (71), 2017
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UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD FACULTATEA DE TEOLOGIE ORTODOXĂ TEOLOGIA ANUL XXI, NR. 2 (71), 2017 Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu A R A D
EDITORIAL STAFF PUBLISHER The Orthodox Theology Faculty from Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad PRESIDENT OF HONOR: M.R. PhD. TIMOTEI SEVICIU, Archbishop of Arad EDITOR IN CHIEF: Rev. PhD. CRISTINEL IOJA, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad cristi.ioja@yahoo.com ADVISORY BOARD: Rev. PhD. ŞTEFAN BUCHIU, University from Bucharest (prstefanbuchiu@yahoo.com); Rev. PhD. CONSTANTIN RUS, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (constantin.rus@uav.ro); Rev. PhD. DANIEL BUDA, Lucian Blaga Univeristy from Sibiu (daniel77bde@yahoo.de); Rev. PhD. ERNST CHR. SUTTNER, University from Wien (ernst.suttner@univie.ac.at); PhD. IRINI CHRISTINAKIS-GLAROS, University from Athens (irenechristinaki@yahoo.com); PhD. DIMITRIOS TSELENGIDIS, University from Thessaloniki (tseleng@theo.auth.gr); PhD. ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU, Lincoln Theology Center of Fordham University (U.S.A.) (papanikolaou@fordham.edu); Rev. PhD. FADI GEORGI, University from Balamand (fadi.georgi@ balamand.edu.lb); PhD. PYOTR MIHAILOV, St. Tihon s Humanitarian University of Moscow (locuspetri@ rambler.ru); PhD. MICHEL STAVROU, Saint Serge Institute from Paris (stavrou@orange.fr); PhD. ANDREAS HEISER, Humboldt University from Berlin (heisers@freenet.de) EDITORIAL BOARD: Rev. PhD. IOAN TULCAN, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (tulcan_ioan@yahoo.com); Rev. PhD. CAIUS CUŢARU, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (c.caius@yahoo.com); Rev. PhD. ADRIAN MURG, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (adrian.murg@yahoo.com); Rev. PhD. FILIP ALBU, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (fi lipalbu@yahoo.co.uk); Rev. PhD. LUCIAN FARCAŞIU, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (lucian. farcasiu@yahoo.com); Rev. PhD. ŞTEFAN NEGREANU, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (negreanus@ yahoo.com) Text collection, correction, English translation summaries: Prof. ANCA POPESCU, GEORGIANA COSTESCU Desktop Publishing: CĂLIN CHENDEA Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad Publishing House Romania, Arad, Complex universitar M, Etaj I, Sala 82, Tel. 0257/219555, http://www.uav.ro/ro/resurse/editura-uav Printing House: SC TIPO STAMPA S.R.L. Arad Tel. 0257.349.004 Email: stampasrl@yahoo.com TEOLOGIA review is a quarterly scientific publication, recognized by CNCS Institution in B category TEOLOGIA review is indexed in the database Index Copernicus (cod 6666), in Religious and Theological Abstracts (USA): http://rtabstracts.org/journals-we-abstract.php#t and in World Cat: www.worldcat.org/title/teologiarevista-facultatii-de-teologie-ortodoxa-arad/oclc/756319123 ERIHPLUS: https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/periodical/info?id=486366 e-mail: revista_teologia@yahoo.com website: www.revistateologia.ro ISSN 2247-4382 ISSN-L 1453-4789
CONTENTS EDITORIAL Theology of Icon in the 20th Century Neo-Patristic Synthesis (Cristinel Ioja)... 7 STUDIES AND ARTICLES Ioan Tulcan Elements of Orthodox Anthropology in Vladimir Lossky s Thinking and Their Relevance to the Contemporary Man... 10 Vasile Bîrzu Scholastic Order vs Symbolic Order. Protestant Reform as Expression of a Language Crisis... 23 Teofan Mada Love as Principle of Knowledge in the Eastern Fathers... 52 Vasile Vlad From Slavery to the Freedom of the Will An Exegesis to the Prodigal Son s Parable from the Perspective of Moral Theology... 67 Lucian Farcaşiu Epiphanism in the Orthodox Worship and Its Relevance to the Church Theology and Life... 83 Casian Rușeț Legislation Regarding the Responsibility of the Employees of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Depending on Their Work Duties, during the Communist Regime (1948-1989)...111 5
TEOLOGIA 2 \ 2017 Stelian Manolache The Economic Globalisation and the Religious Mutation in the Post-Industrial Society The Pseudo-Religious Meaning of the Global Economy... 128 Teodor-Daniil Stoienescu The Unity of the Church according to St. Cyprian of Carthage... 141 BOOK REVIEWS Vasile Rojneac, Sfântul Niceta de Remesiana. Viaţa şi activitatea (Saint Nicetas of Remesiana. His life and activity), Cluj-Napoca, Cluj University Press, 2017, 330 pp. (Răzvan Perşa)... 164 Zachary Chitwood, Byzantine Legal Culture and the Roman Legal Tradition, 867-1056, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 248 pp. (Traian Nojea)... 168 Rev. Constantin Dron, The Current Value of the Canons, Editura Doxologia, Iaşi, 2016, 168 pp. (Petru Ursulescu)... 172 WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STUDIES INCLUDED IN THE TEOLOGIA REVIEW... 176 AUTHORS LIST... 181 6 CONTENTS