Saint John Cassian | Martyria

Studia Theologica No. II (XVIII) / 2024 Temperance, the right path, the guardian of mind and body against the defilement of sin His Eminence Varsanufie

The virtue of temperance is examined as an essential means of attaining holiness, through self-control, discernment and the restraint of the passions, with reference to the teachings of Saints Basil the Great, John Cassian, Maximus the Confessor and Ephrem the Syrian. The sins of intemperance — gluttony, avarice and sexual immorality — are examined as forms of estrangement from God, whilst fasting and philanthropy are proposed as remedies.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVI) / 2023 The Beginnings of the Church Organisation in the Blessed Land of Vâlcea (I) Archimandrite Veniamin Micle

The article traces the history of the Orthodox Church’s organisation in the Romanian territories, from the defence of Academician Răzvan Theodorescu’s thesis on the pre-schismatic Latin character of Romanian Christianity to the voivodal foundations established by Basarab I and Nicolae Alexandru, demonstrating through inscriptions, synodal documents, monastic testimonies and architectural monuments that Orthodoxy has been an integral part of the Romanian people’s identity since the Apostolic Age.

Studia Theologica No. II (XII) / 2021 On steadfastness in the proper worship of God His Eminence Varsanufie

This article examines the nature and role of the Orthodox faith in the knowledge of God, arguing that man cannot reach God through his own reason, but only through revealed faith, the fulfilment of the commandments and divine grace, with reference to Saints John of Damascus, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Justin Popovici and Vincent of Lerins.

Studia Theologica No. I (VIII) / 2019 God’s goodness and the improved human being His Eminence Varsanufie

Goodness is examined as an essential attribute of God and a fundamental vocation of humankind, from the perspective of Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers: Clement of Alexandria, Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa, Maximus the Confessor and John Cassian. Man’s participation in divine goodness, made possible through the Incarnation of the Saviour and the grace of the Holy Spirit, constitutes the path to spiritual improvement and likeness to God.

Studia Theologica No. I (III) / 2017 On spiritual charisms in the works of Saint John Cassian Archimandrite Nectarie Șofelea

This article analyses Saint John Cassian’s teaching on spiritual charisms, drawing on the Second Conversation with Father Nestor, and examines the foundations of thaumaturgy, the relationship between charisms and divine love, and the danger of false charismaticism. The reader comes to understand that, in the Cassianian view—rooted in the Chrysostomian and Philokalic traditions—love and freedom from passions surpass in value any spectacular gift of the Holy Spirit.

Studia Theologica No. I (III) / 2017 ‘One soul in two bodies’. On Christian friendship in Late Antiquity Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban

Genuine friendship, founded on virtue and communion in faith, is the central theme of this study, which examines how Saints Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great and Augustine integrated the classical Aristotelian-Platonic ideal of philia into Christian spirituality, ranging from the emblematic experience of the two Cappadocians to John Cassian’s systematic treatment in the Collationes.