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    STUDIA THEOLOGIA GRAECO-CATHOLICA VARADIENSIS - Issue no. 2 / 2010  
         
  Article:   THE SACRAMENTAL DYNAMISM IN THE THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY OF NICHOLAS CABASILAS.

Authors:  BOGDAN VASILE BUDA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The Sacramental Dynamism in the Theology and Spirituality of Nicholas Cabasilas. The dynamism of sacramental theology and spirituality of Nicholas Cabasilas presents progressive and dynamic aspect of human ontological divination by sacramental mystical union with Christ. The theology and the spirituality of the byzantine theologian, reflect a fascination because there are not presented as a plea concept and speculate, but are facing a harmonious, simple and deeply to the contemplation of divine mysteries which are true “open windows” to the beauty and knowledge of God. In his opera Life in Christ by Nicholas Cabasilas can see a perfect union/symbiosis between the Sacraments of Initiation ( Baptism - Confirmation - Eucharist) that is an intimate merge continuity and complementarity between each of the worshiping Sacraments and “re-birth, growth and transformation “by vital interpersonal communion of man with a beloved…Cabasilas invites us to discover the charm of the byzantine mystagogia as the authentic foundation of spiritual rebirth as the contemporary Christian to avoid two major temptations: as the theological functionalism and the ethical exaltation.

Keywords: Cabasilas, sacrament, theology, baptism, byzantine. 

 
         
     
         
         
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