Ea este Biserica unora dintre cei mai mari teologi, savan\u0163i \u015fi scriitori, pe care istoria i-a cunoscut - oameni ca Iustin Martirul, Vasile cel Mare, Grigorie Teologul, Ioan Gur\u0103 de Aur, Augustine, Maxim M\u0103rturisitorul, Dostoievski, Alexander Soljeni\u0163in, Dumitru St\u0103niloae, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDar ce este, mai exact, aceast\u0103 Biseric\u0103 Ortodox\u0103? Care sunt r\u0103d\u0103cinile ei? Care sunt convingerile ei \u015fi de ce sunt at\u00e2t de mul\u021bi care nu au auzit de ea?<\/h3>\nScurt\u0103 istorie<\/h2>\n
Biserica Ortodox\u0103 este Biserica cre\u0219tin\u0103 ini\u021bial\u0103, Biserica \u00eentemeiat\u0103 de Domnul Iisus Hristos, despre care se vorbe\u015fte \u00een paginile Noului Testament . Drumul ei \u00een istorie poate fi urm\u0103rit, \u00een continuitate ne\u00eentrerupt\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 la Hristos \u0219i cei Doisprezece Apostoli ai S\u0103i.<\/p>\n
Oric\u00e2t ar p\u0103rea de incredibil, de peste dou\u0103zeci de secole, ea continu\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura l\u0103sat\u0103 de Hristos Apostolilor S\u0103i, p\u0103str\u00e2nd nediminuate \u0219i neschimbate credin\u021ba \u0219i practica acestora. \u015ei ast\u0103zi, doctrina apostolic\u0103 a Bisericii Ortodoxe, cultul \u0219i structura ei au r\u0103mas intacte. Biserica Ortodox\u0103 este dovada clar\u0103 c\u0103 c\u0103 Biserica este Trupul viu al Domnului Iisus Hristos.<\/p>\n
Mul\u021bi dintre noi vor fi surprin\u0219i s\u0103 afle c\u0103, de-a lungul primului mileniu de istorie cre\u0219tin\u0103, a existat doar o singur\u0103 Biseric\u0103. Aceasta p\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd, \u00een secolul al XI-lea, a avut loc o ruptur\u0103 dezastruoas\u0103 \u00eentre R\u0103s\u0103ritul ortodox \u0219i Apusul latin. De\u0219i clocotea de c\u00e2\u0163iva ani , a\u0219a-numita \" Mare Schism\u0103 \" din 1054 a reprezentat o separare formal\u0103 - \u0219i \u0219ocant\u0103 - \u00eentre Roma \u0219i Ortodoxie. Miezul controversei l-au constituit dou\u0103 probleme extrem de importante, asupra c\u0103rora se aflau \u00een dezacord: rolul papalit\u0103\u021bii \u0219i modul de interpretare a doctrinei.<\/p>\n
Dar care este diferen\u0163a real\u0103 dintre cele dou\u0103 Biserici?<\/h2>\n
Compar\u00e2nd Ortodoxia cu Romano-catolicismul \u015fi Protestantismul , un scriitor spunea c\u0103 Ortodoxia a p\u0103strat tradi\u021bia Noului Testament , \u00een timp ce, \u00een multe privin\u0163e, Roma a operatad\u0103ugiri, iar Protestantismul - elimin\u0103ri.<\/p>\n
A\u015fa de exemplu, Roma a f\u0103cut o ad\u0103ugire la vechiul Crez al Bisericii, \u00een timp ce numeroase biserici protestante rareori \u00eel studiaz\u0103 sau \u00eel recit\u0103. Dac\u0103 Roma \u015fi-a structurat autoritatea ecleziastic\u0103 pe mai multe niveluri, o mare parte a protestantismului este anti-ierarhic sau chiar \"independent\" \u00een politica sa. Roma a introdus indulgen\u021bele \u0219i purgatoriul , \u00een timp ce, ca o reac\u021bie, protestantismul se debaraseaz\u0103 at\u00e2t de faptele bune c\u00e2t \u015fi de disciplin\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cen aceaste privin\u0163\u0103, la fel ca \u015fi \u00een altele, Biserica Ortodox\u0103 \u0219i-a men\u021binut cu fermitate credin\u021ba apostolic\u0103. Ea a evitat at\u00e2t excesele legate de domina\u0163ia papal\u0103 c\u00e2t \u0219i cele privitoare la independen\u021ba congrega\u021biei. Ea \u00een\u021belege clericii ca slujitori ai lui Hristos \u0219i ai poporului S\u0103u, \u0219i nu ca o clas\u0103 special\u0103, privilegiat\u0103. Ea a p\u0103strat doctrina apostolilor despre a doua venire a lui Hristos la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul veacurilor, despre judecata de apoi \u0219i via\u021ba ve\u0219nic\u0103 \u0219i continu\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eencurajeze oamenii ei s\u0103 creasc\u0103 \u00een Hristos, prin unirea cu El. \u00centr-un cuv\u00e2nt , cre\u0219tinismul ortodox a p\u0103strat credin\u021ba \"l\u0103sat\u0103 sfin\u021bilor, o dat\u0103 pentru totdeauna.\"<\/p>\n
Biserica Ortodox\u0103 \u00een America de Nord<\/h2>\n
Vasta majoritate a coloni\u0219tilor sosi\u0163i la \u00eenceput \u00een Lumea Nou\u0103, ca s\u0103-\u015fi fac\u0103 un rost, au venit tocmai din acest\u0103 lumea religioas\u0103 \u0219i politic\u0103 occidental\u0103. Aici, ei au putut s\u0103 tr\u0103iasc\u0103 liber, f\u0103r\u0103 team\u0103 sau amenin\u021bare de a fi incrimina\u0163i de sentin\u0163ele unor judec\u0103tori, fie romano-catolici sau protestan\u0163i. Dar odat\u0103 cu ei au venit, de asemenea, mediul religios \u0219i condamn\u0103rile Europei Occidentale, pe care ei le-au l\u0103sat \u00een urm\u0103.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd \"ultimii sosi\u021bi \", ortodoc\u015fii, au ajuns \u00een cele din urm\u0103 \u00een America de Nord, ei au fost adesea ignora\u0163i, fiind socoti\u0163i o minoritate \"str\u0103in\u0103\". Climatul religios \u0219i cultural al Lumii Noi era deja ad\u00e2nc \u00eenr\u0103d\u0103cinat. Astfel, \u00een loc s\u0103 se amestece cu cultura religioas\u0103 existent\u0103, cre\u0219tinii ortodoc\u0219i au avut tendin\u021ba de a-\u015fi p\u0103stra identitatea etnic\u0103, pe care au adus-o cu ei din Lumea Veche, manifestat\u0103 mai ales prin p\u0103strarea limbii lor materne \u00een cult. Cei care le vizitau bisericile erau adesea \u00een imposibilitatea de a \u00een\u021belege ceea ce se spunea sau se \u00eent\u00e2mpla acolo.<\/p>\n
Dar vremurile se schimb\u0103. Ast\u0103zi, Biserica Ortodox\u0103 este luat\u0103 \u00een serios \u00een aceast\u0103 emisfer\u0103. Oameni dedica\u0163i lui Hristos, dar \u00eentrista\u0163i \u0219i frustra\u0163i din pricina direc\u0163iei \u00een care au luat-o at\u00e2t cercurile romano-catolice c\u00e2t \u015fi cele protestante, \u0219i dorind un cult \u0219i o via\u021b\u0103 spiritual\u0103 mai complete, se \u00eendreapt\u0103 c\u0103tre Biserica Ortodox\u0103, cea neschimbat\u0103. Era firesc ca Biserica de la care ne-a venit Biblia s\u0103 fie Biserica \u00een care se p\u0103strez\u0103 vie credin\u021ba descris\u0103 \u00een Biblie.<\/p>\n
Biserica care a adus Ortodoxia \u00een America de Nord aduce acum America de Nord la Ortodoxie. Oamenii sunt familiariza\u0163i, \u00een mod constant , cu credin\u021ba \u0219i cultul Bisericii Ortodoxe . De la un cap\u0103t la altul, \u00een ora\u015fele americane,mai mari sau mai mici, \u00eencep s\u0103 se \u00eentemeieze noi parohii. \u00censu\u0163indu-\u015fi o nou\u0103 viziune , multe biserici deja \u00eentemeiate au trecut la s\u0103v\u00e2r\u015firea slujbeleor \u00een limba englez\u0103. Nu este, deci, de mirare, deasemenea, c\u0103 \u00een colegiile \u0219i campusurile universitare din SUA \u0219i Canada se manifest\u0103 un interesul cresdc\u00e2nd fa\u0163\u0103 de Ortodoxie. Studen\u0163ii descoper\u0103 c\u0103 Ortodoxia este locul \u00een care \u00ee\u015fi g\u0103se\u015fte \u00eemplinirea c\u0103utarea realit\u0103\u0163ii spirituale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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