Dialog Teologic XVII/34 (2014)

Dialog Teologic XVII/34 (2014),
Conciliul al II-lea din Vatican: „semn al timpului” pentru Biserică şi pentru lume (I), 122 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Cristinel Fodor
Presbyterorum ordinis: utopia or call to holiness?
Il Concilio Vaticano II ha avuto a cuore tutti i problemi della Chiesa. Una particolare attenzione doveva essere accordata alla formazione dei sacerdoti, coloro che devono continuare l’annuncio del Vangelo fini alla fine dei tempi. Il documento Persbyterorum Ordinis traccia le linee fondamentali di una formazione integrale e attuale dei preti. Le pagini seguenti, partendo dalla situazione odierna, a cinquanta anni dal Concilio, vogliono dare una risposta alla domanda se il documento sulla formazione dei sacerdoti è una utopia o una chiamata alla santità.

Ştefan Lupu
The dogmatic constitution on the church Lumen Gentium after 50 years
Beginning with a big picture of the Council, the intended study presents the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium. Pointing at the beginning to the genesis of the document, the author describes the content of each chapter, the internal dynamic and the major accents of the Dogmatic Constitution. The important aspects of the Constitution Lumen Gentium, which have had an impact on the life of the Church during the 50 years after the Second Vatican Council, are presented in conclusion.

Cornel Berea
Ad Gentes: storia di un decreto
Questo articolo propone di presentare brevemente il cammino di redazione del decreto conciliare sulle missioni Ad Gentes. Verrà presentata anche la parte dottrinale del decreto, che collega la missione all’invio delle persone Trinitarie con l’invio della Chiesa stessa. La missione è un dovere che fa parte intrinseca della natura della Chiesa.

Fabian Doboş
Unitatis redintegratio decree on ecumenism – the cornerstone of contemporary ecumenism
Lo studio è strutturato in due parti: la prima, basata sul testo del decreto Unitatis redintegratio, e la seconda, che tratta di alcuni personaggi ecumenici che hanno lasciato la loro impronta sulla storia religiosa della Romania. Nella prima parte sono presentate le cause della separazione tra la Chiesa di Occidente e quella di Oriente, ma anche le proposte fatte dal suddetto decreto in vista di un ecumenismo efficace. Poi sono presi in considerazione gli importanti gesti ecumenici fatti da tre papi: Paolo VI, Giovanni Paolo II e Francesco.
La seconda parte tratta di tre persone che, mediante il loro lavoro ecumenico, hanno aiutato moltissimo al progresso ecumenico in Romania. Prima di tutto viene ricordato il vescovo di Jassy, Mons. Domenico Jaquet (1895-1903), il quale, essendo svizzero, aveva un’orizzonte largo dell’ecumenismo. Un secondo personaggio è il Beato Vladimiro Ghika (1973-1954), il quale ha lavorato per tutta la vita per l’unione delle due Chiese separate nel 1054. L’ultimo momento della seconda parte tratta della visita che il Papa Giovanni Paolo II ha fatto in Romania nel periodo 7-9 maggio 1999.

Cornel Cadar
Inter mirifica: The Church and the mass-media – fifty years together
Tra i documenti emanati dal Concilio Vaticano II, si può identificare anche uno che tratta dell’importanza dei mezzi di comnicazione. Il documento Inter Mirifica vuole partire dalla Parola di Dio (cf. Mc 16,15) e costituirsi uno strumento a favore dell’evangelizzazione. Il presente lavoro presenta il contenuto del documento conciliare, la storia della sua formazione e gli spunti che offre per la pratica pastorale della Chiesa.

Iulian Faraoanu
Ap 21,12-14 nel contesto letterario dell’Apocalisse
The aim of this paper is to present the relationship of the text Rev 21:12-14 with the context of the Revelation. With respect to the theme, the first step is the delimitation trough a literary analysis. The present purpose is to demonstrate the unity of the biblical fragment. The second step will be the study of the relationships of our text with the context, specially the close context Rev 17-22. All the reflections keep in mind the general structure of the book. In the end it will be a short conclusion on the importance of the text related with John’s intentions.

Ştefan Grosu
About the Missionary Activity of Pope Francis
The paper proposes to show how Pope Francis presents the missionary activity of the Christian Church in Evangelii Gaudium Apostolic Exhortation and Lumen Fidei encyclical using the narrative method of studying. It is specified that this two pontifical papers have the Gaudim et Spes pontifical document as their reference point. Also, Pope Francis did not forget to mention that the red line of messianism crossed the entire Bible. The framework of study is marked by the consumer society, which although brought prosperity, induces a state of selfishness throughout the world.

Iulian Ianus
Il problema del lavoro nell’enciclica Laborem Exercens
Il problema del lavoro, nella sua continua attualità, è stato annalizzato dalla dottrina sociale della Chiesa all’interno della “questione sociale”. Cominciando dalla prima enciclica sociale di Leone XIII (Rerum Novarum, 1891) e continuando con tutte le altre encicliche sociali, il Magistero della Chiesa ha approffondito il discorso sul lavoro umano visto in tutta la sua complessità. Sopprattutto nella Laborem Exercens (Giovanni Paolo II, 1981) l’attenzione si dirigge verso gli aspetti fondamentali del tema. Si sottolinea l’importanza e la centralità della persona umana, vista come soggetto del lavoro; l’uomo ha la vocazione e l’obbligo di lavorare e sottoporre la terra. Il lavoro, con le sue dimensioni personal-esistenziale, sociali e teologiche, è uno strumento di piena realizzazione della persona umana. Il senso oggettivo del lavoro, cioé la tecnica, è un vero aiuto per l’uomo; la responsabilità della persona è quella di utilizzare la tecnica in modo da non transformarla da alleata in avversaria. Al di là dell’obbligo di lavorare, l’uomo ha anche il diritto al lavoro: in questo senso, i fattori decisionali devono garantire alla persona umana la possibilità di realizzarsi anche tramite questa via del lavoro.

Dialog Teologic XVII/33 (2014)

Dialog Teologic XVII/33 (2014)
Rolul Bisericii Catolice din Europa de Est la căderea comunismului, 111 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Jan Mikrut
Giovanni Paolo II: un nuovo santo della Chiesa cattolica. La sua esperienza dei totalitarismi e la nuova visione dell’Europa dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino
Il presente lavoro tratta il tema generale del comunismo. A livello particolare, ha di mira la visione di Giovanni Paolo II sul totalitarismo comunista e sulla soluzione per uscire dalla crisi provocata dai regimi comunisti. Dopo una breve descrizione dell’esperienza avuta dal giovane Karol Woytila nei riguardi del comunismo, viene discusso il contesto storico e politico in cui si instaurano i regimi ideologici. In seguito, sono analizzate le vicende della vita del santo Giovanni Paolo II dalla prospettiva della sua posizione nei riguardi del comunismo. Alla fine, viene offerta la nuova visione delle società dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino.

Marek Inglot
Ignacy Tokarczuk (1918-2012) – un vescovo indomito
Il comunismo è stato un periodo di prova per la Chiesa di Cristo. L’ideologia comunista non condivideva le idee e i principi della dottrina cristiana. Non solo questo, ma in virtù della lotta di classe, ha combattuto con diversi mezzi contro il popolo di Dio. Un esempio di resistenza è stato il vescovo Ignacy Tokarczuk. Le pagini seguenti intendono presentare i punti portanti della lotta di questo rappresentante di Cristo contro le idee comuniste. Dopo una breve biografia, sono presentati i mezzi e gli strumenti della buona battaglia per la vittoria del Vangelo.

Alois Moraru
Anton Durcovici: from cradle to the foot of Calvary
L’argomento di questo studio è centrato sulla vita del grande vescovo martire Anton Durcovici. Visto lo spazio limitato, le pagini seguenti si soffermano soprattutto sull’ultima parte dell’esistenza terrena di Durcovici: il ministero di pastore della diocesi di Iasi, culminando con l’arresto a Popesti Leordeni. Il lavoro ha un carattere prevalentemente biografico. Però vuole mettere in risalto anche dei principi teologici ed ecclesiali di cui si è avvallato il vescovo nella sua attività pastorale. Non viene dimenticata anche la dimensione esortativa: la fedeltà e la resistenza dei seguaci di Cristo per ottenere il premio del vincitore.

Anton Coşa
Pontifical Diplomacy. The Holy See and the comunist countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Il lavoro presente intende trattare il tema del rapporto tra la diplomazia pontificia e il comunismo. Si possono riportare vari argomenti per dimostrare l’influenza della Santa Sede per far crollare i sistemi totalitari nell’Est Europa. Da evidenziare soprattutto il contributo di Giovanni Paolo II, buon conoscitore dell’ideologia comunista, difensore della libertà e grande protettore dei diritti della persona umana.

Petru Ciobanu
Condemnation of communism in pontifical magisterium. Since Pius IX to Paul VI
The present article, based on several magisterial documents, illustrates the approach of Roman Pontiffs, beginning with Pius IX and ending with Paul VI, with regard to what used to be called „red plague”, i.e. communism. The article analyses one by one various encyclical letters, apostolic letters, speeches and radio messages in which Roman Pontiffs condemned socialist theories, either explicitly or implicitly.

Iulian FARAOANU
Il popolo delle 12 tribù e dei 12 apostoli in Ap 21
The ecclesiology is an important theme in the Book of Revelation. John presents this portrait of the Church in relationship with God and Christ. From the numerous ecclesiological images of the book comes out the image of the people of God. They are symbolized by twelve tribes of Israel or by twelve apostles. The community lives as a pilgrim in history and will arrive in the escatological Jerusalem, in front of God’s and Lamb’s throne.
This study focuses on the idea of the unity between the God’s people of the old and new covenant. The starting point is the image of the names of the twelve tribes on the gates, like the names of the twelve apostles on the foundations of the holy city (Rev 21:12-14). The combination of the two elements has as background the notion of a single one Scripture. At the final point, it will be underlined the application of the ideal of unity in different sectors of Church’s life.

Dialog Teologic XVI/31 (2013)

Dialog Teologic XVI/31 (2013)
Credinţa dintotdeauna şi omul de astăzi, 152 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Dialog Teologic XVI/32 (2013)

Dialog Teologic XVI/32 (2013)
Creştinul între trecut şi prezent, 156 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

 
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.

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.

Fabian Doboş
Istoria Sinoadelor catolice din Moldova
Dopo l’introduzione in cui sono presentate le cause della convocazione dei sinodi locali, lo studio tratta, cronologicamente, tutti i sinodi tenuti dai cattolici della Moldavia. Il primo ebbe luogo a Jassy nel 1586 e volle applicare le decisioni prese dal Concilio di Trento. Anche il principe ortodosso, Pietro lo Zoppo, ha sostenuto i lavori di questo sinodo, in quanto un’altra metà sua era quella di cacciare i pastori luterani dalla Moldavia. Nel secolo XVII° ci furono due sinodi: a Cotnari (1642) e Bacău (1663). Tutti e due ebbero come scopo la riforma della Chiesa locale, ma anche la ripresa dei rapporti stretti tra i laici e i sacerdoti della Moldavia. L’ultimo e il più importante sinodo della Chiesa locale è stato celebrato tra il 2001 e il 2004. L’evento fu ben preparato, tutti i cattolici essendo interpellati sulla realità religiosa e sui problemi che meritavano trattati dall’assemblea sinodale. I scopi principali di questo sinodo furono: un’analisi profonda della Chiesa locale della Moldavia; l’applicazione delle leggi universali al territorio della diocesi di Jassy; nuovi metodi nella pastorale. Lo studio auspica una seria riforma della Chiesa Cattolica della Moldavia, come conseguenza dell’osservazione delle decisioni sinodali.

Lucian Dîncă
Scrisoarea Sfântului Atanasiu de Alexandria către Draconţius
Lo studio con il titolo „La lettera di Atanasio a Draconzio” ha come obiettivo la comprensione di alcune linee di pensiero di sant’Atanasio. I consigli del grande Padre a Draconzio hanno di vista l’importanza e la dignità della missione pastorale del vescovo. Dopo una contestualizzazione storica, sono proposte alcune considerazioni sulla missione apostolica delle guide della Chiesa di Cristo. In seguito viene offerta una traduzione della lettera per comprendere il pensiero teologico di sant’Atanasio sull’officio pastorale del vescovo, guida, maestro e pastore del popolo di Dio.

Alois Gherguţ
Şcoala pentru diversitate şi educaţia pentru toţi
Educational theories and practices from the last years offered examples about diversity of children and specific educational needs which involve new forms of teaching process in schools starting from the fundamental principle of „adapting the structure and content of instruction to the personal features of students (psychic, physical, age related or individual), in order to develop their personalities as balanced and as harmonious as possible”. In this context we can talk about school for diversity or school for all that means maximum flexibility and tolerance for differences between children/students and adaptation of educational process to the particularities of each individual student.

Nadia Vacaru
Direcţii de rezolvare a problemei muncitoreşti în enciclica Rerum Novarum
Depuis sa naissance, l’Eglise est intervenue efficacement dans diverses situations et contextes socio-économiques de la vie humaine, et elle s’est toujours déclarée dans la promotion de la collaboration sociale, de la fraternité chrétienne et de la solidarité humaine. L’Encyclique Rerum novarum du pape Léon XIII a inauguré une tradition d’intervention de la papauté dans les problèmes de la société moderne. Le contexte socio-économique dans lequel a été élaborée et promulguée l’Encyclique Rerum Novarum mettait l’Eglise en face de deux menaces: la violation des droits de la personne humaine et le mouvement idéologique antireligieux représenté par le socialisme. Face à ces dangers, l’Eglise propose d’exploiter les ressources de l’éducation et de soutenir un environnement chrétien. Les obligations des travailleurs comprennent la réalisation, pleinement et fidèlement, du travail auquel ils se sont engagés sous contrat, librement et en respectant le principe de la justice. En ce qui concerne les employeurs, ils doivent valoriser le travail et respecter la dignité humaine des travailleurs. Trouver un remède au problème des travailleurs exige une coopération efficace, avec mesure et sagesse, de l’autorité publique, des chefs d’Etat, des employeurs et des riches, ainsi que des prolétaires eux-mêmes.

Petru Ciobanu
Cristologia şi soteriologia gnostică antică
La nascita et lo sviluppo del discorso cristologico e soteriologico nei primi secoli dell’era cristiana è avvenuto nel contesto della lotta della Chiesa contro le eresie, perché la maggior parte di esse attentavano all’identità e missione di Gesù Cristo. Già nel Nuovo Testamento troviamo accuse contro coloro che dubitavano della divinità e della missione redentrice di Gesù di Nazareth “che Dio ha costituito Signore e Cristo” (At 2,36). Un pericolo maggiore in questo senso è stato rappresentato dallo gnosticismo con le sue numerose ramificazioni e il suo sistema dottrinale molto complesso. Simile ad un drago con molte teste, questo sistema eretico è diventato il bersaglio degli autori ispirati dei libri del Nuovo Testamento ed, in seguito, dei padri della Chiesa. Motivo? Perché distruggevano il nucleo della fede cristiana – la morte e la risurrezione di Cristo. Nel presente articolo ci siamo proposti di presentare l’identità e la missione di Gesù Cristo in un certo numero di eresie gnostiche antiche. Abbiamo usato principalmente le informazioni offerte dal più grande eresiologo della Chiesa primaria – san Ireneo da Lione, ma abbiamo fatto ricorso anche, dove è stato possibile, alle fonti gnostiche, per poter presentare la cristologia e la soteriologia del pensiero gnostico così come viene esposto in questi libri.

Dialog Teologic XV/30 (2012)

Dialog Teologic XV/30 (2012)
Porta fidei: re-propunerea credinţei în mileniul al III-lea, 148 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Gilfredo Marengo
Annuncio della fede e pastorale: l’eredità del Vaticano II
«Anche nei nostri tempi lo Spirito Santo ha suscitato nella Chiesa un nuovo slancio per annunciare la Buona Notizia, un dinamismo spirituale e pastorale che ha trovato la sua espressione più universale e il suo impulso più autorevole nel Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II» (Benedetto XVI, 7 ottobre 2012). Queste parole, pronunciate dal Santo Padre, nell’omelia della celebrazione con la quale si è iniziato il Sinodo dei Vescovi dedicata al tema della «nuova evangelizzazione» segnalano, insieme alla  contestuale proclamazione dell’Anno della Fede, la speciale enfasi che si deve dare alla ricorrenza del cinquantesimo anniversario dell’apertura del Concilio Vaticano II (11 ottobre 1962). Queste circostanze invitano ad una rinnovata attenzione al magistero conciliare e ad  una verifica della sua adeguata recezione, Ben sapendo che esso resta un’ineludibile pietra di paragone del cammino ecclesiale e custodisce in sé una fecondità, non del tutto compiutamente espressa.

Nicola Reali
Raccogliere l’eredità del Concilio a 50 anni dalla sua celebrazione: un caso particolare il sacramento del matrimonio. Lettura teologico-pastorale
Introducendosi subito nell’oggetto della nostra presentazione, possiamo affermare che il Concilio Vaticano II segna il punto di non ritorno di tutta la teologia e la pastorale da allora in poi. Questo essenzialmente per due motivi: 1. Le indicazioni del Concilio permisero di uscire fuori da una visione esclusivamente naturalistica e giuridica 2. Sia il punto di vista con il quale il concilio legge il matrimonio, sia  il  contenuto  dottrinale  che  esso  presenta  trovano  la  propria  fondazione e legittimazione nella teologia immediatamente precedente al Concilio (i tentavi di pensare diversamente della teologia degli anni ’50). In particolare prendiamo in considerazione Lumen gentium e Gaudium et spes. Unitamente a quanto il Concilio afferma in SC 77-78 specialmente per quel che concerne la riforma del rito del matrimonio.

Ştefan Lupu
„Il valore della tradizione apostolica secondo Adversus Haereses di sant’Ireneo
Sant’Ireneo ha tracciato per primo e con grande chiarezza le grandi articolazioni della tradizione della Chiesa, in contrasto con il gnosticismo. Secondo Ireneo, la tradizione è apostolica sia quanto all’origine, attestata dalla “successione dei vescovi”, che ricevono, con la successione apostolica, il carisma della verità, sia per il suo contenuto che è il kerygma insegnato dagli apostoli, trasmesso, custodito e insegnato nell’ambito delle chiese apostoliche. L’oggetto essenziale del messaggio apostolico della tradizione è Cristo, già annunciato del Vecchio Testamento che trova in lui la propria conclusione. Di conseguenza, la tradizione appare distinta dalla Scrittura e, tuttavia, strettamente legata ad essa. Per Ireneo, Scrittura e tradizione si trovino in un rapporto costante di azione e di dipendenza reciproca.

Iulian Faraoanu
Abraham, itinerariu şi model de credinţă
Faith is an essential dimension of human being. This paper proposes 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 perspective 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.

Iulian-Valerian Ianuş
Înţelegerea credinţei – Fides et Ratio
L’enciclica Porta fidei di Benedetto XVI ci invita ad aprofondire i contenuti della fede e di rifflettere sull’atto stesso con cui si crede. Per riscoprire e fare nostri questi contenuti, c’è bisogno di uno sforzo personale per capire quello che la fede ci insegna. Nell’anno dedicato alla fede da parte della Chiesa, l’enciclica Fides et Ratio di Giovanni Paolo II può essere uno strumento molto utile in questo cammino personale. Infatti, essa ci ofre un cammino storico riguardante i testi biblici, i contributi dei Padri della Chiesa e dei diversi teologi cristiani;  sono  ricordati  anche  gli  altri  interventi  del  Magistero,  soprattutto della Constituzione dogmatica Dei Filius del Concilio Vaticano I.

Iosif Enăşoae
Credinţa creştină, fundamentul şi viaţa familiei creştine
In this article the author wants to prove that the base and the life of the Christian family is the Christian faith. In his presentation, the author starts from the premise that faith is an anthropological experience, an existential state which determinates its way of acting and thinking, just when it’s based in the natural truth. Then he carries further with the case of the Christian in today so-ciety, profoundly changed, in which he is invited to observe the belief, especially in the Year of Faith (2012-2013). In the same speech about faith, father I. Enăşoaie characterises faith as an encounter with Christ and a life transformation, but also an epiphany of God. After this decomposition, the author presents the case of the family, showing how faith is the base of the Christian family, the answer being a true faith indeed.

Damian Ghe. Pătraşcu
Credinţă şi religie. În ce/cine se crede! Răspunsul lui Dostoievsky
This article wants to offer an answer to one of mans biggest ques-tions: in what/who do we believe in? To reach his purpose the author firsts pre-sents the conditions in which fait in today’s society is found, highlighting the positive and the negative aspects. To question to which the answer is still to be found – why is not there anymore belief – is situated in the thinking surrounds of the great Russian writer Dostoevsky, who, to the end of his life, became the “spiritual guide of the Russian people”. Having as an aid the letter belonging to the Russian writer, the article’s writer presents the causes of the unbelief: ignorance regarding the “substance” of Christ and the dead load of the heart. However, although he is aware of the fact that today the atheism and leaving the Christianity is a massive and arrogant phenomenon, father Gh. Patraşcu PhD., emphasises that the religious felling and the Gospel nostalgia are here to touch our hearts, and often with promising results.

Constantin Cucoş
Corelativitatea şi complementaritatea finalităţilor în formarea religioasă
This article tries to answer the question: what it’s more impor-tant to target in the religious education of the pupils; passing on knowledge or building-up competences, assimilating some cognitive material or interiori-zing some terms of reference habitual-goodness? To give a straight answer, the author comes to confirm the falsity of the dispute between knowledge and com-petences, so he can the further on show the correlativity between knowledge and competences in the religious education.

Constantin Cucoş
Vocaţia şi statutul de formator, un inventar de competenţe posibile
In the educational process, an important part comes to the educator characterised as a possible competence inventor. In this article, the author, after he presents what a competence means, especially the pedagogic competence, reviews a set of competences which the person who wants to be an educator for others must have: goodness competence, disciplinary or academic, didactic competence or psycho-pedagogic, psycho-relational competence, the capacity to work in a team and to form a partnership, the knowledge and integration of new informative technologies in the didactic exercise, auto-reflexive competence.

Corneliu Berea
Internetul: un instrument de comunicare
The article analyses the topic of internet in the environment of Church pastoral from two points of view: do we face a communication instrument or more than that, in an evangelized world? The Church presence in the communication world is now a necessity, even if there are some dangers. The author mentions recent magisterial documents that treat this subject, indicating critically the strong and weak aspects of different points of view expressed officially by Church.

Florin Spătariu
Muzica şi ierarhia artelor în gândirea lui Hegel
Starting with the premise that generally, art (listening to a concert of classical music, visiting a museum, participating at a painting exhibition, etc.) constitutes an exigency of the human spirit and honesty, depending on the in-tellectual preparation and cultural luggage, judgment and hierarchy of artistic options, Father Dr. Florin Spatariu analyses music and arts hierarchy in the thinking of the great German philosopher Hegel. According to his thinking, arts are those ones that succeed to send, most of all, to life spiritual side, but may be, at the same time, ranking pyramidal, each of them occupying a place according to the artistic expression. Then, presenting each art (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), the author comes to the conclusion that, for Hegel, all of them are important, but from all of them, poetry occupies the first place because it repre-sents the most authentic form that the human spirit can express freely.

Dialog Teologic XV/29 (2012)

Dialog Teologic XV/29 (2012)
Seminarul Diecezan din Iaşi la ceas aniversar. 125 de ani de la înfiinţare (1886-2011), 130 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Pr. Fabian Doboş
Dominic Jaquet şi formarea intelectuală a tinerilor catolici moldoveni
In this article, father Fabian Dobos, presents the context of intellectual formation of Moldovan young Catholics, starting with the activity of the bishop Dominic Jaquet (1895-1903) in this regard. After a short biography, the author presents the intellectual formation in Iasi Seminar, founded by the bishop Camilli in 1886, highlighting Jaquet’s care for integral youth formation and for the studies quality in the seminar. Further, the author presents the intellectual formation, this time in the Institute Cipariu, founded by Jaquet in 1895. Then, father Fabian Dobos treats the problem of teaching religion courses in girl schools of the Congregation Notre Dame de Sion from Iasi and Galati. At the end, the author looks over the formative activity of Franciscan Seminar and Cantor School from Halaucesti, institutes founded also by Dominic Jaquet.
The author’s conclusion is that this bishop, during the period when he was parson at Iasi Diocese, sought to form cultural Catholic elite, a group that may be useful to the interests of the Catholics from Romania.

dr. Iosif Tamaș, dr. pr. Fabian Doboș
Mihai Robu, părintele episcop și seminarul diecezan
Mihai Robu is the first Moldavian native bishop buried in “The Assumption of Our Lady” Roman-Catholic Cathedral of Iaşi; and the history of Moldavia was tumultuous, as a mystery of suffering in our diocese. We have in front of us a personality that stood out, along his episcopate, by raising numerous churches, with special care for the diocesan seminary, by several canonical visits accompanied by the administration of the sacred chrism, by supporting the Catholic press and, and last but not least, by the protection of those less fortunate during the Second World War. If I had to summarize in five keywords Bishop Mihai Robu’s work, they would be: identity, unity, loyalty, latinity, humanity. The identity refers to the sacramental theology of Christ’s priesthood, which transfigured in the person of Mihai Robu; the unity looks towards the universality of the Catholic Church which he served throughout the whole canonic orthodoxy that he was representing; the loyalty will result in the apostolic love expressed towards the Petrine Apostolic chair; the latinity will be the virtue that has served the people who belonged to, and the humanity will complete the Christian who will be also bent like the merciful Samaritan at all suffering times through which the Romanian people will be passed. We capture here the mystery of the intrinsic unity of life and work of Bishop Mihai Robu while analyzing his pastoral commitment, the sufficiency and determination that will support the Christian nation that was destined to be lead to salvation.

Pr. Alois Moraru
Seminarul din Iaşi în perioada persecuţiei comuniste
Starting from the idea that the seminar is „the heart of a diocese” that pulses and trains all its members, father Alois Moraru presents in this article some aspects from the history of Iasi Catholic Seminar in a dim and difficult period, that one of communism. From the very beginning, the author warns us that this article is a free exposure, using in its elaboration, in the biggest part, original documents kept in different archives from the country and abroad. In the first part, father, after presenting a short history of the first tries of organizing a seminar for young indigenous people, passes and treats the history of Iasi Theological Seminar, beginning with its establishment (1886) and going on with its rather sinuous activity, under the guidance of the Diocese bishops and Institute rectors, till the instauration of communist regime in Romania (1947). In the second part, the author speaks about situation of the Seminar, when Mons. Anton Durcovici was appointed as bishop of Iasi (1947), a more and more difficult situation because of the opposition of communist authorities in developing the pupils and students formation, opposition that would lead even to stopping the Seminar’s activity and moving it, for a period of time, to Alba Iulia.

Pr. 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.

Pr. 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.

Pr. Iulian-Valerian Ianuş
Linii generale ale antropologiei lui Toma de Aquino
Even if he didn’t write a strictly anthropologic work, the man problem is present very much in Tomas de Aquino writings. For him, the man never was in the state of pure nature, because he always depends on the historical situation of his life. Starting from the substance doctrine of Aristotle, Tomas underlines that the man is composed of two elements: body, as material and soul, as form; between these two elements there is always an intimate, substantial unity. The activity that makes different the man from other body beings is knowledge. Getting the faculty of intellect, the man has not only a sensitive knowledge, but, also, the knowledge possibility at intellectual level: thus, it can achieve the truth, understood as conformity between intellect and known object.

Pr. Corneliu Berea, SVD
Violența domestică în perspectiva teologiei pastorale
The author seeks, in this article, to catch the social phenomenon of domestic violence in the context of Church ordinary pastoral, with an especial attention to domestic violence on women and children in Romania. The analysis of domestic violence on these categories of persons follows, in a big part that is affirmed by Ana Muntean, professor at Babes-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca (Romania) in an article from 2003. The article ends with pastoral proposals, already applied in different Churches in the world, by which it is sought to combat this phenomenon.

Dialog Teologic XIV/28 (2011)

Dialog Teologic XIV/28 (2011)
Preotul și familia creștinaă colaboratori în ogorul Bisericii și martori ai împărăției lui Dumnezeu în lume, 194 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.
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Stefan Lupu
Toţi preoţi în Cristos: fundamentul sacramental al misiunii preotului şi a familiei creştine
Starting from the premise to the sacrament of baptism every Christian is made a priest, Fr. Dr. Stefan Lupu analyzes sacramental foundation of the mission of the priest and the Christian family in society. In the first part of the article, the author seeks to highlight the cultural context of this mission, which is the Christian world. In the second part of the article deal about rediscovering the common priesthood of the faithful with the Council of Vatican II. With scriptural texts as a basis, the author speaks of a people „all priestly” and then, from Lumen Gentium no. 10 show as „recovered” baptismal priesthood. Hence the new face of the Church, which is a people Messianic mission, as the new man, living become „loving relationship with God,” being fulfilled in Jesus and the true glory of God. Form of baptismal priesthood, according to the author, is spirituality / culture Eucharist and best title for this priesthood is the „Mother Church”. In the third part analyzes the spirituality of communion as a form of pastoral action, is especially emphasized pastoral value of this community.

Cristinel Fodor
Sacramentalizare vs. evanghelizare: cum sunt trăite sacramentele, în special Botezul, Euharistia, Spovada, Căsătoria, în comunităţile din dieceza noastră.
The theme that treats the author would like to contribute to those things which the Church invites repeatedly: to renew our liturgical celebrations, preparing for graces received in the sacraments and developing them for the sacrament, the faithful enter into communion with the Holy Trinity, to experience participation in the divine nature and, thus, they should be built by the Church as a sign and realization of God’s presence in the world. After a theoretical presentation of their authors proceed to analyze their practice, that is to analyze how the preparations for receiving the sacraments become fruitful. The author deals with how we look at those who ask for the sacraments, how long preparations and the creation of a model of training as prescribed by the Church, about some rules to be followed in the first meeting, how to address unbelievers during the administration of the sacraments, ending with mystagogy of the first meeting. Then, one by one analyzed in the light of these premises, preparing to receive the sacraments and how they are administered.

Pr. Isidor IACOVICI
Familia și fenomenul emigrării
Assuming that none of the family who went abroad did not choose this way of looking at God, to the saints, but to earn money, which is the author analyzes the phenomenon of immigration issues and the impact of this phenomenon on family. First, the author indicates that the family is forced to emigrate and highlights the reasons for this need, but also dangers involved. Another painful reality treated by Fr. James I. Nonconformity is the promise to reality in the sending country. In this context, the author talks about church involvement in immigration phenomenon by sending priests to spiritual care of their countrymen by helping immigrants and different cultural and spiritual manifestations. Further, the author analyzes the family in the context of migration and its consequences, among which is that of coexistence sacrament against which they are made some arguments and remedies. Finally, it deals with immigrants and jobs they provide in the host country.

Pr. Iosif IACOB
Căsătoria, sacrament al noii alianțe
Documents of Vatican II as Lumen Gentium, Apostolicam Actuositatem, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and especially Gaudium et Spes highlight the interest that the Church manifests for the Sacrament of Matrimony, in the context of developments and new vision proposed by the present society (divorce, abortion, feminist movements etc.).The contemporary society, following a long and reinforced theological tradition of marriage, is called to implement into the family life of our times, the principles proposed by the gospel in order to live a married life “in Christ”.The biblical vision of the human person, the way the nature and the grace are perceived are points of departure and reference for a complex and objective view on the sacrament of marriage. The nature, the value, the effects and purposes of marriage proposed by the ecclesiastical tradition are fundamental aspects that give consistency to the consent of sacramental marriage.The conjugal morality has its ultimate foundation not in human laws but in the divine laws that man cannot change according to its own interests. The state, as representative and guardian of the community wellbeing, is charged with promoting the values   and principles for the good of the family and implicitly of the society itself, whose basic unit is the family. In this regard the Council encourages the closeness between the values   of the doctrine and the spirit of today’s society, as well as raising public awareness to doctrinal lasting values   of faith. The personalist vision proposed by the council, as well as the vocation to holiness in married life, along with what love and procreation represents in a full and stable community of conjugal life corresponds to the values proposed by  the Church as a sacramental reality of marriage, according to Christ’s will for the wellbeing of the person and all mankind.

Pr.  Iulian-Valerian Ianuş
Conceptul de persoană la Jacques Maritain
The Christian anthropology has at its base the concept of the person. The anthropologic oration of Jacques Maritain is focused on the human person as well, with its own characteristics. Maritain, commentator of Tomas de Aquino, takes from Thomism the general structure of his anthropology. His oration starts from the distinction between „specimen” and „person”, present distinction since first works. For the Maritain anthropology is characteristic that it is a metaphysical base. In this respect, we find in the texts of the French thinker a profound analysis of the ontological structure of a person: subsistence, understood as that, in its specific nature, has its being in and for itself; and personality (in a metaphysical sense, not psychological), seen as a balance between subjectivity and objectivity, between independence and dependence, through which the child is growing up and accepts actively the human condition.

Pr.  Iulian Faraoanu
Așteptarea creștină 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.

Dialog Teologic XIV/27 (2011)

Dialog Teologic XIV/27 (2011)

Biserica și secularizarea. Provocări și strategii pastorale (II), 104 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Mons. Roland Minnerath (Dijon, Franţa)
Evanghelizarea şi postmodernitatea
From the beginning, Christianity has interacted with cultural elements that have ensured a greater ease in preaching and spreading the Gospel. Christianity entered a world where religion was part of the culture. Taking the starting points the cultural elements, Mons. Roland Minnerath wants to capture those key points that can be used in contemporary evangelization. First, there are highlighted the Christian elements that contributed to the formation of Western culture. Next, we analyze trends and principles which have replaced Christian culture with a secular culture, a phenomenon that led to the need for a new evangelization. In the last part, are brought to light deficiencies in the post-modern culture, among which the lack of future prospects and human helplessness in the face of death problem.

Prof. Vittorio Possenti (Venezia, Italia)
Biserica şi secularizarea: curtea păgânilor
In this article, the author examines the relationship between secularization and the Church in terms of „the court of the Gentiles” which is inserted in the report delicately between Church and secularization. Liberal democracies, different religions were equated time, that is why the public should take from them a position of indifference and neutrality, this is true for universal religions, which were required to be limited to long private sector. Such democracies have abandoned the Hegelian scheme in which religion is incorporated and abstracted in the evolution of society and true within the state; in Europe, in addition, they are removed the American scheme, in which religion is a foundation independent of the company, remaining separate politics. For all that, a significant change is unfolded in secular thinking of the environments.

Pr. Prof. Dr. Emil Dumea (Iaşi)
Religie şi valori în era globalizării
In this article, Fr. Emil Dumea proposes a reflection on globalization and the influence of this complex phenomenon on religion. The first part is an overview of globalization, which includes multiple spheres of human activity: economic, social, technological, cultural, political, environmental, etc. After this general reflection, the author presents several historical stages of cultural globalization with reference to regional and local examples. In the last part there are opened to question values of the process of globalization in the context in which they differ from one culture to another, from one individual to another, both by training and continuity.

Dialog Teologic XIII/ 26 (2010)

Dialog Teologic XIII/ 26 (2010)
Biserica și secularizarea. Provocări și strategii pastorale (I), 112 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.

Dialog Teologic XIII/25 (2010)

Dialog Teologic XIII/25 (2010)
Rezistența anticomunistă prin valori spirituale. Modele și fapte (II), 144 p., 17×24, ISSN 1453-8075, 9 lei.