Dei Verbum, în dialog cu pr. Ignace DE LA POTTERIE

The present dialogue underlines the importance of God’s Word in the Church’s life. The liturgical life, the theological declamation, the faith and the charity deeds base on it. For the Christian tradition, the Holy Bible contents the truth which God wanted to communicate, the truth for our salvation. Father Ignace shows that in the entirely of the Second Vatican Council documents this Constitution has a special place. It is the synthesis of the discussions about Revelation, about Tradition and about the Holy Bible and it answers to the natural questions regarding the God’s Word, the relation between Tradition and Holy Bible and the notion of inspiration. The interview concentrates on the major problems debated in this dogmatic Constitution and impels to a more profound acceptance of the horizons that it reveals.

DT172_Dei Verbum, în dialog cu pr

Alois BULAI: Constituţia dogmatică despre Revelaţia divină Dei Verbum

The raised problems by the Holy Bible’s study and the evolution of the exegesis during the period between the Tridentin Council and the second half of the 20th century stand at the based of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, which is one of the most important documents of the Second Vatican Council. This document offered new perspectives in which the understanding of the Biblical text concerns and reinitiated the Catholic exegesis. This article offers an objective evaluation and a criticism of the actual situation about the lecture and the interpretation of the problems and of the major challenges to which the biblical formation has to respond.

DT171_Alois BULAI

Vladimir Petercă: Sursa nedreptăţilor şi a dezordinii din lume: nebunia. Comentariu la Ps 14

At the end of the XIXth century, the whole world was stirred up by the words of Nietzsche: “God is dead. We have killed him!” The nihilism expressed in this way has very old roots, reaching the time of the Ancient Testament. The author of this study, starting both from the Ps 14, and from the wider context of the Ancient Testament, explains the valences and the causes of these words. The Ps 14, in programmatic and common terms identifies two categories of people: on one hand, the man of justice, the poor and oppressed one, whose Defender is God, and, on the other hand, the sinner and “mad”, whose life mirrors the practical atheism. The message of this study, addressed to the contemporary people, is the one of Ps 14, which, at his turn, represents the synthesis of the Ancient Testament theology: the true God triumphs through goodness and justice, because the “mad’s” happiness is just apparent and deceptive.

DT202_Vladimir Petercă

Eduard Patraşcu: Profetul Ilie pe Muntele Horeb

Prophetic inspiration represents an essential column of the Ancient Testament, and the prophet Elias is an important figure of this biblical movement. On this personality of the sacred history stops the article of Eduard Patraşcu. Through the exegetical exposing of 19th chapter of The first Book of the Kings, the article tries to bring into bold relief the central aspects of the religious experience made by the prophet Elias in the calm breath of the wind (2Kings 19, 13), in the sacred silence of the cave of the Mount Horeb. The conclusion of this biblical exegetical study is that the whole spirituality of meeting God requires the sacred silence in which people are aware of their essential dependence on God.

DT222_Eduard Patraşcu

Iulian Faraoanu: Aşteptarea creştină a venirii Fiului omului (Lc 17,26-30)

The eschatology problem is present everywhere in Saint Luke gospel. But, the tension and the eschatology waiting are in a close relationship with the history.
The fragment from Lc 17,26-30 is included in the same eschatology domain, more precise the theme related to the waiting of Jesus second coming. The comparison with the days of Noah and Lot have an exhortatory function, inviting the people of the Saint Luke community to look at the heavenly realities. The delay of Christ’s second coming does not have to determine a life orientated only to the humanly activities, in this forgetting God. The waiting of Christ’s coming must always be alive, knowing that the Lord may come soon and his coming must find us ready.

DT288_Iulian Faraoanu

Iulian Faraoanu: Biserica, Dumnezeu şi Mielul în Apocalips

One of the leads useful for interpretation the Book of Revelations and his mysteries, is studying the way in which the author uses the Old and the New Testament, having the fact that every verse has at least one reference to the Scripture. Together with the method presented above, another lead might be analyzing the Church images. This study tries to offer a partial light to the concept of Church, seen as a People of God in relationship with God and the Lamb. This people of God is unique and united all through history and in eschatology.

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Iulian Faraoanu: Sfânta Scriptură în Seminarul Catolic din Iaşi

Holy Scripture is at the base of Christian life, being the main source for knowing God and light in the salvation way. But, the Bible had a special part in priests formation as well. This study proposes itself to present the modalities of receipting, studying and interpreting the Scripture in Iasi Seminar. This presentation is preceded by an incursion in the way the Bible was used and interpreted in the Universal Church. Finally, it is realized a short assessment, indicating the negative, positive aspects, as well as the perspectives for future.

DT295_IulianFaraoanu

Iulian Faraoanu: Abraham, itinerar şi model de credinţă

Faith is an essential dimension of human being. This paper propo-ses itself to emphasize the faith of the great patriarch Abraham, emblematic Bible hero regarding the trust in God.Abraham’s faith will be analyzed under two aspects: firstly, from the perspecti-ve of the itinerary of his relationship with God, then the example of constancy and perseverance of his faith. After each treatment, there will exist something that is applied for nowadays Christians.Finally, it appears the exhortation to imitate Abraham’s trust, the man that trusted and hoped against any hope.

DT305_Iulian Faraoanu

Iulian Faraoanu: Preotul, discipol credincios al lui Cristos

This paper is trying to focuses a few aspects of the figure of the disciple of Christ in the Gospel of saint Mark. Jesus Christ, from the beginning of his public activity had the intention to be accompanied by disciples. They followed the Saviour and were witnesses of his wonderful words and deeds. After they learned at the school of Jesus, they were sent to continue the work of spreading God’s Kingdom and the Gospel.
In what it concerns the illustrating of the theme, after some general elements, will be analyzed two texts from the Gospel : Mk 1:16-20 and Mk 3:13-19. These two fragments reflect an image of discipleship: the vocation, the conditions of the following and the mission. In conclusion, are suggested some theological reflections and an actualization to the situation at this millennium beginning. Even for the present it is important to research to follow Jesus Christ as a disciple.

DT322_Iulian FARAOANU

Lucian Farcaş: Între linişte şi fericire. Gânduri pentru o altă lectură a fericirilor (Mt 5)

Le riflessioni seguenti propongono un’analisi comparativa tra il Decalogo – la sintesi morale dell’AT e le beatitudini, la proposta fatta da Gesù nel discorso della montagna – sintesi dell’insegnamento di Gesù. L’analisi non voule diminuire l’importanza del Decalogo, nemmeno intende dire che i comandamenti non sono più attuali, non hanno più valore. L’intento è una migliore comprensione del Decalogo per avere accesso agli insegnamenti di Gesù.
Dopo un breve esame dei dieci comandamenti e delle beatitudini, seguirà un’analisi del Decalogo nella sua dimensione etico-sociale. Le beatitidini saranno presentate non solo come un prolungamento delle dieci parole, ma come un perfezionamento dell’identità del cristiano. Alla fine, saranno evidenziati gli impulsi per una vita cristiana permeata da gioia e felicità.

DT321_Lucian FARCAŞ