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Studia Theologica No. I (XIII) / 2022 Saint Gregory Palamas’s contribution to Hesychasm. Theological premises of life in the Holy Spirit Professor (Dr), Emeritus Dimitrie Țelenghídis

Saint Gregory Palamas defends and theologically systematises the Hesychast teaching on uncreated grace, the theophany (θεοφάνεια) and the vision of God (θεοπτία), demonstrating that the light of Tabor, experienced by Hesychasts through the purification of the heart and the observance of the commandments, is identical to charismatic deification, and that its essential anthropological premise is the renunciation of one’s own will in favour of God’s will.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XIII) / 2022 The Influence of Hesychasm on Romanian Monasticism Academician, University Professor, Dr Răzvan Theodorescu

Palamite Hesychasm and its influence on monasticism and ecclesiastical culture in Wallachia and Moldavia in the 14th century form the central theme of this article, which analyses concrete evidence such as the will of Metropolitan Hariton, the work of Nicodim of Vodița and Tismana, and the monograms on the embroidered epitrachelion of Tismana, in order to demonstrate the presence and spread of Hesychast doctrine north of the Danube.

Studia Theologica No. I (I) / 2016 The Church’s mission as seen through the words of Saint Paul the Apostle: ‘We have the mind of Christ’ His Eminence Dr Irineu

The article analyses the concept of the mind of Christ, as invoked by Saint Paul the Apostle, as the foundation of the Orthodox mission, demonstrating that its attainment through grace, faith, the Holy Sacraments and liturgical life transcends the opposition between reason and faith. With reference to Saints Gregory Palamas, Maximus the Confessor, Macarius the Egyptian and Justin Popovich, the profile of the Orthodox missionary capable of bearing witness to the uncreated light of the Most Holy Trinity is outlined.

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