AUTHOR: Silviu LUPAȘCU ABBA SOPATRUS ON APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE Danubius, XL, Galati, 2022, pp. 209-220. Abstract The textual proximity of “woman” and “apocryphal literature” in a fragment included in the Apophthegmata Patrum may seem paradoxical. Abba Sopatrus’ apophthegm must be understood against the background of the theological debates of Origenists and non-Origenists during the IVth –…

AUTHOR: Silviu LUPAȘCU Danubius, XXXVIII, Galaţi, 2020, pp. 487-500. Abstract Beside the midrashic purpose, the illusory staining of Bathenosh’s and Sarai’s feminine innocence in the Dead Sea Scrolls opened new ground for captatio benevolentiae, as it revisited the archaic history with a new feeling of drama, tragedy and redemption. In On the Origin of the…

AUTHOR: Ovidiu Cristian NEDU THE CONDITION OF CHRISTIANITY IN A NATURALISTIC AND PLURALISTIC RELIGIOUS CONTEXT (ACCORDING TO FR. SCHLEIERMACHER) Danubius, XXXIX, Galaţi, 2021, pp. 237-254. Abstract For Fr. Schleiermacher, the founder of the liberal stream of Protestant theology, religion is a natural function of all humans. Being natural and spontaneous, religious life and experiences are…