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Tag Archives: Staniloae
Dumitru Staniloae: The Rational and Apophatic Knowledge of God
For the past two months I have been reading the first volume of the dogmatics of Dumitru Staniloae in concert with the Fellowship of St Maximus. Staniloae enjoys the reputation of being the finest Orthodox theologian of the 20th century. He … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae
Tagged apophatic, cataphatic, Dumitru Staniloae, knowledge of God, neo-patristic, Staniloae, Vladimir Lossky
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Dumitru Staniloae: Does God Remember the Damned?
In the midst of his exposition of of Christ’s individual judgment upon the soul, Fr Dumitru Staniloae observes that “while the Holy Fathers make Christ’s judgment dependent upon human beings’ works during their lives on earth, the funeral prayers and … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged damnation, hell, memory eternal, prayers for the dead, purgatory, Staniloae, universal salvation
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Dumitru Staniloae: The Impersonality of Catholic Purgatory
Dumitru Staniloae presents the traditional Orthodox vision of hell and eternal damnation so forthrightly that it takes one’s breath away. He remorselessly pursues the gift of freedom to its logical end. The Son of God welcomes all sinners in love … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged afterlife, damnation, divine judgment, hell, particular judgment, purgatory, Sergius Bulgakov, Staniloae
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Dumitru Staniloae: Damnation and the Phantasmagoric Effervescence of Passion
It is a terrifying vision. Death arrives. The soul is sundered from the body. The sinner begins the climb up the ladder of judgment to hear the eschatological decision of Christ. Angels stand on the upper right, demons on the … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged damnation, divine judgment, Eastern Orthodoxy, hell, particular judgment, perdition, Staniloae, toll houses
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Dumitru Staniloae: Judgment of man by Man
The mystery of paradise and hell is the mystery of freedom. Orthodoxy Christianity, explains Dumitru Staniloae, views the Last Things through the prism of communion, and “because disposition toward communion is a matter of freedom, the question of paradise and … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged communion, divine judgment, God, heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, judge, particular judgment, Staniloae
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Dumitru Staniloae: What is Freedom Good For?
“Holy Scripture shows that life on earth is the arena in which the human person decides his fate for eternity, for after death he cannot change his fate” (The Fulfillment of Creation, VI:30)—this is a foundational premise from which flows … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged damnation, death, freedom, hell, meaning, mortality, personhood, reincarnation, sin, Staniloae, universalism
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Dumitru Staniloae: Personhood and the Immortality of the Soul
God has constituted the human person as a unity of body and soul. The soul cannot be reduced to matter. It permeates the material body and is joined to it yet also transcends it. The soul is what makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged annihilationism, conditional immortality, death, Eastern Orthodoxy, immortality, soul, soul sleep, Staniloae
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Dumitru Staniloae: Surrender unto Death
Death is the great enemy of humanity. Only by an act of sustained denial do we not see it for what it is—the destruction of personal identity, the destruction of love and community, the destruction of meaning and hope. Atheists … Continue reading
Posted in Dumitru Staniloae, Eschatology
Tagged atheism, death, immortality, meaning, person, Staniloae
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