This is the essence of the Christian faith based on the Gospel's revelation, identical with what ... more This is the essence of the Christian faith based on the Gospel's revelation, identical with what Paul said in Ephesians 4: 5-6: "There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all of us," developed and taught faithfully in the whole Christian tradition until today. This specific kind of faith is the solid spiritual framework of the Christian Church and it gives to the Church one of its main characteristics, unity and unicity. It is appropriate to say here that the problem of the unity of the Church was a main preoccupation for its theologians especially in times when the Church passed through difficult crises threatening its very existence with annihilation, distortion, or corruption. This was the case in the time of Cyprian when the Church had to face heresies, schisms, and persecutions that threatened both the being and the visible unity of the Christian community. That is why, according to the specific circumstances in which he wrote, Cyprian had his own approach to the problem of the unity of the Church, which proves the validity of one important principle in the life of this institution, enduring throughout the whole of Church history and through all generations: unitas in diversitas, its character of unity in diversity. St. Cyprian of Carthage St. Cyprian was born in approximately 200 A.D. There is little extant information about his early life. It is known that he was baptized in 246, that he was an admirer and reader of Tertullian, that he was educated to be a rhetorician and that in 248 he became bishop of Carthage. During his time the Roman emperors intensively and extensively persecuted the Christian people so that Cyprian himself went into hiding
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Feb 1, 2013
There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language ... more There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language of the native population in the territory of Thraco-Geto-Dacian people, after the vanish of Roman Empire legions from there (end of the III rd century AD). At the same time, day-by-day new data and arguments come a ttesting that Thracian and Geto-Dacian territory was one of the first zone where the European Christianity got significant roots. Researcher, professor in History of Religions, priest and writer, Mr.Theodor Damian add to the issue some very interesting and useful arguments, supporting the idea that the explaination of the Romanians continuity and the preservation of their language can be demonstrated by a careful analyse of histor y of early Christian missionary activity in the first centuries of the New Era.
Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2013
There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language ... more There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language of the native population in the territory of Thraco-Geto-Dacian people, after the vanish of Roman Empire legions from there (end of the III rd century AD). At the same time, day-by-day new data and arguments come a ttesting that Thracian and Geto-Dacian territory was one of the first zone where the European Christianity got significant roots. Researcher, professor in History of Religions, priest and writer, Mr.Theodor Damian add to the issue some very interesting and useful arguments, supporting the idea that the explaination of the Romanians continuity and the preservation of their language can be demonstrated by a careful analyse of histor y of early Christian missionary activity in the first centuries of the New Era.
Vagaries of Value: Basic Issues in Value Theory Nicholas Rescher (University of Pittsburgh) Pisca... more Vagaries of Value: Basic Issues in Value Theory Nicholas Rescher (University of Pittsburgh) Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Books/Rutgers University, 2014, 162 pp. ISBN 978-1-4128-5460-3T his inter est ing b ook in the field of axiology pr esents a wel l -inf or med over view of the many ways one can look at the issue of values from both historical and contemporary perspectives.The author begins with a very general definition of values in order to move quickly to a short overview of the history of the theory of values while focusing on the need and usefulness of evaluation as a tool that validates one's values and that facilitates the realization of the good. In fact, the skill and practice of evaluation as a rational process will be stressed throughout the book.Nicholas Rescher discusses the relation between goals or ends and means, as essential aspects of practical rationality while engaging David Hume in this type of r elat ion, in particular on how reason and passion or desir e ...
This is the essence of the Christian faith based on the Gospel's revelation, identical with what ... more This is the essence of the Christian faith based on the Gospel's revelation, identical with what Paul said in Ephesians 4: 5-6: "There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all of us," developed and taught faithfully in the whole Christian tradition until today. This specific kind of faith is the solid spiritual framework of the Christian Church and it gives to the Church one of its main characteristics, unity and unicity. It is appropriate to say here that the problem of the unity of the Church was a main preoccupation for its theologians especially in times when the Church passed through difficult crises threatening its very existence with annihilation, distortion, or corruption. This was the case in the time of Cyprian when the Church had to face heresies, schisms, and persecutions that threatened both the being and the visible unity of the Christian community. That is why, according to the specific circumstances in which he wrote, Cyprian had his own approach to the problem of the unity of the Church, which proves the validity of one important principle in the life of this institution, enduring throughout the whole of Church history and through all generations: unitas in diversitas, its character of unity in diversity. St. Cyprian of Carthage St. Cyprian was born in approximately 200 A.D. There is little extant information about his early life. It is known that he was baptized in 246, that he was an admirer and reader of Tertullian, that he was educated to be a rhetorician and that in 248 he became bishop of Carthage. During his time the Roman emperors intensively and extensively persecuted the Christian people so that Cyprian himself went into hiding
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Feb 1, 2013
There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language ... more There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language of the native population in the territory of Thraco-Geto-Dacian people, after the vanish of Roman Empire legions from there (end of the III rd century AD). At the same time, day-by-day new data and arguments come a ttesting that Thracian and Geto-Dacian territory was one of the first zone where the European Christianity got significant roots. Researcher, professor in History of Religions, priest and writer, Mr.Theodor Damian add to the issue some very interesting and useful arguments, supporting the idea that the explaination of the Romanians continuity and the preservation of their language can be demonstrated by a careful analyse of histor y of early Christian missionary activity in the first centuries of the New Era.
Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2013
There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language ... more There are many controversies regarding the ethnic status, the place of dwelling and the language of the native population in the territory of Thraco-Geto-Dacian people, after the vanish of Roman Empire legions from there (end of the III rd century AD). At the same time, day-by-day new data and arguments come a ttesting that Thracian and Geto-Dacian territory was one of the first zone where the European Christianity got significant roots. Researcher, professor in History of Religions, priest and writer, Mr.Theodor Damian add to the issue some very interesting and useful arguments, supporting the idea that the explaination of the Romanians continuity and the preservation of their language can be demonstrated by a careful analyse of histor y of early Christian missionary activity in the first centuries of the New Era.
Vagaries of Value: Basic Issues in Value Theory Nicholas Rescher (University of Pittsburgh) Pisca... more Vagaries of Value: Basic Issues in Value Theory Nicholas Rescher (University of Pittsburgh) Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Books/Rutgers University, 2014, 162 pp. ISBN 978-1-4128-5460-3T his inter est ing b ook in the field of axiology pr esents a wel l -inf or med over view of the many ways one can look at the issue of values from both historical and contemporary perspectives.The author begins with a very general definition of values in order to move quickly to a short overview of the history of the theory of values while focusing on the need and usefulness of evaluation as a tool that validates one's values and that facilitates the realization of the good. In fact, the skill and practice of evaluation as a rational process will be stressed throughout the book.Nicholas Rescher discusses the relation between goals or ends and means, as essential aspects of practical rationality while engaging David Hume in this type of r elat ion, in particular on how reason and passion or desir e ...
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